I hunted them on the sucker runs in Canada. Bear tend to move more in the evening you really need to locate a food source as they have a sense of smell like a hound dog and a sense of hearing like a deer but they are a little near sighted. If you can not bait you need to locate a natural food source ahead of the season and I have found that a elevated position works well with them. Only 3 of the 11 I have taken were spot and stalk and two of those were near an obvious food source.