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I'm sure this has been ask before but, I would like to hear from the guys that has used it. Thanks, car
Not saying it won't work but I have had great luck as well as others with the Boarmasters Sow in Heat spray. Maybe give it a look'see.
Nick, I would assume you used it during the rut and not in the Fall?
Maybe I should have said it was for this fall season.
Sorry, I should have known due to the timing of your post that it was geared towards a fall hunt. Best of luck!
Commercial bear bombs are a waste of money!!
Cheaper to make your own. We take a large plastic pop bottle fill it with 2 ounces of liquid smoke. Fill it the rest of the way with used fryer grease. Pour it as high on tree trunks as you can get it, rotted stumps etc. Smell is amazing and last a couple of days. Works great on bringing in night bear's during daylight hours.
Wash the bottle after filling and you can carry it in your pack sack.
I agree with spike buck, most of these commercial scents are a waste of money, you can make your own for a lot less money.
I've never done it but a friend of mine does a honey burn. fills an old coffee can half way with honey and sits it on top of a can of Sterno. It will start to boil and smoke.
Says the bears come running. He's killed more than a few so I tend to believe him.
In the fall honey burns have been known to cause brush fires. Imagine a bear coming in and tipping the lit sterno can over while your strapped in a tree.
So is it a waste of money because it doesn't work or only because you can DIY cheaper?
Try it and you make the decision!!
I've tried them, where a buddy of mine gave me a few to try. The bears didn't come running!
If you use it; use it by spraying on vegetation around your stand and an occasional spray in the air.
If you lock the top down; the can empties in about 10 seconds.
Better to use the crease/liquid smoke as spike buck stated.
I used the Smoked Bacon Bomb a couple of years now to spray on the foliage around the bait site. If I am on stand and wind swirls I give it a 2-3 second shot just to help cover my scent from the tree stand. This past Spring I used it in my stand again and I had a P & Y Bear come in from behind the bait. As he faced in my direction he started to taste the air and I looked at my wind indicator and it had changed as it was now blowing directly at him. He swapped ends and walked back the way he had come. He was out of sight (30 yards behind bait)and I gave two 3-4 second bursts on the Bomb as a last result. I could see the mist from the can drifting towards where he had just been. Within 30 seconds he returned to the bait with his nose in the air even though the wind was blowing right at him from me. As he stepped out and gave me the angle I took the shot and ended up getting my 1st Ontario P & Y Bear.
So I would say it does not hurt as on this one occasion it definitely helped me. I will again be using it come September 2nd.
One time I had a bear come in and sniff exactly where I sprayed it on a tree. I usually do that before setting it off. Other than that they didn't seem interested and I think I actually saw less bears when I had one to set off every day and that is during the rut in New Brunswick. I won't be using them again.
I had a tv personality up at camp that used them and killed every one of my baits that he used them on for 2-3 weeks. Not sure on what flavor he used but all my work went for not once those things were set off.
I wouldn't' waste your money. Tried them 3 years here in south central Alaska. Never had a bear come in.
The reason I'm wanting to use them is the state I'll be hunting in doesn't allow baiting. So I'm limited on what I can do/use.
In one of the magazines someone said that you're supposed to put fish parts, liquid smoke, and water in a bucket, seal it and let it sit in the sun for a couple weeks before taking it out to your stand and poking holes in it before hanging it in a tree. Has anyone tried this on black bears? It sounds like it would make a horrible smell but if it brings them in I'd give it a try.
I'll be baiting with the regular stuff: donuts, bread, popcorn, molasses, and bacon grease. I didn't know if this would secure the deal on game day or scare them away.
Go to your local coffee shop and ask where they get their bottles of flavoring. Then buy a bottle of "Apple" and a Bottle of "Cinnamon" flavoring. Mix it in a couple gallons of grease and you have a cinnamon delight treat that will give scent for 3 weeks.
Also, The Bear Bomb cans have worked for us in the past. Usually get the Anise flavor. If your limited to cover scents and such by your state regulations then get yourself a couple bottles of the Moccasin Joe brand "Apple Oil". WAY BETTER SCENT THAN THE BOMBS!
Good Luck!
As Bear Tracks said, Bear Bombs can kill an active bait. If you or the outfitter has been feeding the bears the same thing for weeks and you introduce something new, 9 times out of ten it turns the bears off. Those bombs work best right when you start a bait. First or second day. After that the bears know where the food is so just keep feeding them. We use a spray bottle with lite vegetable oil and Anise mixed and spray it up into the trees to get a long traveling smell. The wind we do the work for you. As for some on the rotting fish concoctions listed above......A bear would rather eat a nice apple or a fresh beef bone than rotting anything.
What state are you hunting car? If the rules say no baiting that usually goes for scents too. In no bait, no dogs states like Georgia we hunt oaks that are dropping acorns. Spot and stalking food sources is more fun than sitting over a can of doughnuts any day.
I live in WV and baiting is illigal. I asked a DNR officer if I put scent on a sponge and set the sponge outif it would be baiting.
He told me that if the bear ate the sponge then it is baiting.??????????????????????????
Use your 4 wheeler as bait!!
Dont waste your money on scents.Baiting is expensive enough without doing chemistry experiments that more often than not wont help.Simple is always better.Companies pray on hunters impatience,simple bait --bears will come---scents and sprays--bear will go away.Great bear hunters know that seeing nothing means absolutely nothing!!!!Be patient,it will happen!NEVER change a routine on an outfitters stand,,if the bait is active just simply sit it.Bear bombs are for impatient and desperate hunters-dont buy them.The key word is BOMB--as it is blowing away all yours or someone elses hard work.
I'll be hunting in WV and just as Saxton said I can use bombs but if it's something a bear can eat then that's a no no. I never ask about a honey burn. By the time the honey burns up and you have smoke there wouldn't be anything for a bear to eat. It really sucks that ya can't bait in WV.
The scent bombs Spikebuck speaks of work great. Used them, had a wolf come right to bait first, Bears each of next evenings. Don't mess with routine.