How big is he??

[Boar]

I would'nt worry about missing hits for one day, two or three, I'd start to worry a little, but then I always worry about bear hunting, "What no hit! what am I'm doing wrong" Opening morning I'd be in stand with a bacon burn, a maple flavored bacon or sausage if I were you. Do ya know how to make a quick bacon burner? If not take a full size metel coffee can, poke holes all over it for air flowage, poke holes just below the top, three to four sets directly across from each other, take a wire hanger an snip them in length just so they reach out the other side of the can, now youve made a grid to set a small metel bowl or soup can on top full of bacon, in the bottom of the can you will have set a sterno to heat the bacon. I like to use about two to three tea candles for jack o lanterns they dont burn as hot so's not to splatter grease, splattering grease to a bears nose is like fry bacon naked. Place it in acordence with a good shot. I'm sure you know this, Godd luck, boar

[tealitup]

Be careful! I almost set the forest on fire with a bacon burner last year. Do a test run at home - outside away from the house or garage!

[sakazulu]

Tealitup is right! Having used the coffee can method for years I built a burner out of aluminum and set it on the ground last year with sterno and bacon. Good thing I cleared the ground to the dirt for 3 feet around it 'cause that baby wound up burning with flames and melted the aluminum sterno base inside! Man was I spooked! A trial run is a must. Get that bear!

[Boar]

Yes, I should have noted that. Thats why those tea candles work well, cause their heat is'nt as intense, so test prior with one tea candle add one if ya need it an so on. I've built mu own bacon burner at work where I can adjust the level of the bacon to accomodate the heat i choose,then I rtchet strap it to a tree. Clearing the groung beneath it is a very good idea. Boar