I have used it every year I have had a tag and everytime I have baited for other people.. It does work well... I spray it in the trees abovethe bait and in trees around it... Also spray on the ground for the bears to walk in and when they leave they leave a nice scent trail everywhere the walk... I also use mollasses around the bait on the ground for the same effect.. The liquid smoke scent really carries and thats why I spray it as high in the trees possible.. In 99 I carried in the bottle of smoke and baited and smoked the trees and then put the spray bottle in a gunnysack and placed it at the base of my tree.. The first bear that came in came in from behind me and walked right to the base of the tree and uncovered the sack that I had covered up with leaves and got into the liquid smoke right under me... Nerve racking for a few minutes until he bit into the bottle and it must have been a little strong for his taste, he then decided to walk to the bait...At the base of my tree he looked up 3 or 4 times at me and it took awhile for my butt to unpucker. It works good..