Thank's guys...lot's of good info here..can't wait to get started!
Alot easier to hunt bear in the spring, like CoachZed said, they don't stick to a particular bait in the fall, since they have access to alot
more food supplies, berries, nuts etc..
Depending on what you want to do with your bear once it's killed, a spring bear's fur is alot nicer, before the shedding starts that is
and the meat is leaner and better to eat.
Honey burns, may be good, but a waste of time if you ask me, consistancy in your baiting is alot better in my opinion
Then again I bait 20-25 baits every spring so I don't have time to do honey burns.
I use scrap Moose meat from the butcher, gather it in the fall and bait with it in the spring, and alot of Vegetable Fryer Oil,
the bears scatter the smell of the oil with them when leaving the baits thus bringing in more bears.
If you check your bait twice a week at first then every other day once they start coming regularly and every day a week or two before your hunt
the bears will be laying a couple hundred yards from your bait and just wait for the noise (Truck) to leave to come
and feed.