honey-burn for deer?

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Years ago I set up a honey-burn while bear-hunting from a treestand. I never saw any bear that day, but about 18 deer, including a herd of about a dozen. Everything had burned out by then & all was cool when they walked through, but several spent a long time sniffing & licking at the trees, & a couple started chewing tree bark. They seemed very interested.
Anyone ever intentionally try to attract deer with honey?
 
smoothbore75 said:
Years ago I set up a honey-burn while bear-hunting from a treestand. I never saw any bear that day, but about 18 deer, including a herd of about a dozen. Everything had burned out by then & all was cool when they walked through, but several spent a long time sniffing & licking at the trees, & a couple started chewing tree bark. They seemed very interested.
Anyone ever intentionally try to attract deer with honey?
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never tried but I'm willing to
 
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Years ago I set up a honey-burn while bear-hunting from a treestand. I never saw any bear that day, but about 18 deer, including a herd of about a dozen. Everything had burned out by then & all was cool when they walked through, but several spent a long time sniffing & licking at the trees, & a couple started chewing tree bark. They seemed very interested.
Anyone ever intentionally try to attract deer with honey?



never tried but I'm willing to
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and so the price of honey hit an all time high in November across Canada!
 
The whitetail I'm after aren't interested in eating this time of year...But if a honey burn would bring in the honey hole that's just as good...Cause during the first weeks of November where the honey is the buck comes!
 
Not legal everywhere but screw the plastic lid from a peanut butter jar to a tree with a washer.Cut golfball sized hole in bottom of plastic peanut butter jar .Screw it onto the mounted lid..........trailcam pics are funny..........deer + moose.....buy the cheapest no name brand.....Harold
 
smoothbore75 said:
Years ago I set up a honey-burn while bear-hunting from a treestand. I never saw any bear that day, but about 18 deer, including a herd of about a dozen. Everything had burned out by then & all was cool when they walked through, but several spent a long time sniffing & licking at the trees, & a couple started chewing tree bark. They seemed very interested.
Anyone ever intentionally try to attract deer with honey?
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I've seen more deer while bear hunting and running a honey burn that I have deer hunting some years. Quite often I've had deer come up to the burn.
 
Cleftwynd said:
How exactly are you guys burning the honey? I have seen the peanut butter trick before though.
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Heat up the honey in a coffee/large soup can - I usually use either a small camp stove or a propane torch right on the side. Once it gets going it will put out a ton of sweet smelling smoke.
 
I use 2 juice cans and a can of sterno or similar alcohol-jel for fuel. I bought a can of apple & pineapple juice most recently, and the smaller can fit inside the larger for packing.
Cut one end of each open with a regular can-opener, leave the larger one intact, but the smaller bottom can needs plenty of air-holes punched around the top and bottom on the outside body.
I clear the ground of flammables where I want to set it up, light a sterno can in the smaller juice can, and put the larger one about 1/4-1/3 filled with honey, on top of the smaller.
Bubbling & honey smell starts soon, then after a while: the burn.
This way is slower that a naptha or propane burner camp-stove, but with the cans nestled inside one another, the sterno in that, along with a jar of honey, it's pretty compact to pack in anywhere. Just remember a plastic bag or so to bring it out in, or your pack will get messy.
 
jlovie said:
This might be a stupid question, but at some point do you attempt to stop the burn? Say when the honey runs out, does it then create a bad smell?
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I use honey burns for bears. I just let it burn in to a cinder. Once the candles are out and all that is left is a black honey cinder, I throw it on to the bait food for bears. Bears love eating the honey cinders. While it is burning it smells like burning honey and sugar. Not a bad smell. I have have seen the odd deer come to them, but not lots. Maybe I will give it a try next week for deer.
 
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