Hi Graybeard,

If your outfitter is doing his/her job you don't and shouldn't bring a thing to bait with....period! If the baiting has been going on for 2 months the outfitter is probally baiting with the same bait every time they make a bait run, now mr. bear is used to the smells of his bait. You come into the picture with a different bait/smell. Bear gets nervious and won't come into your baits and then people get mad and put blame on the outfitter. Don't change a thing. Now say you have a few smaller bears at the bait, they don't seem to be as touchy as the big boys. I suggest talking to your outfitter and get their opinion on this. On the topic of doing a burn. A burn can and sometimes do work wonders, but again if the outfitter dosent use anise when they make their bait run it is going to be a different smell that the bears haven't had before and will become very timid to come into the baits. Not that it dosent work because it can. An example of this is if you have a bear that has never been into the bait and just happens to be walking by and gets a wiff of your burn they may waddle in to see what the stink is about. By the way, honey makes a great burn, but I bait with all sweets, so its not a new scent in the area.
Bottom line is talk with your outfitter. I see way too many posts on here with people going on a outfitted bear hunt and want to know what to use for bait when they get to camp. If your outfitter is doing his/her job you don't need to worry about this at all. All you need to worry about is putting aperfect shot on a great animal.

Best of luck on your hunt.