I agree. You are better off to spend every evening over the bait. You may need it.

I had a friend that went this past fall. There were 10 of them that went. They hunted with rifles. Out of the 10, only 4 got bear and only 2 other guys saw them.

I guess they went early in the fall and there were still lots of blue berries. The bears preferred the berries over the bait so they weren't hitting them.