if you pay attention to wind you can walk right up to a bear if they don't hear you..finding the bear to stalk is another story..they might as well have forty eyes with the smeller they have..you could also saturate an area with your scent and screw it up...I like the morning hunts,the air is damper,and I just seem to see more in the am..Evenings they come out but I'm usually not big on dumping one then,and working in the dark..that's just me,even though I have..if there is a good food source there,I would hang back aways and wait,they will come...