Depends on where ya live if it is illegal or not. I think you are trying to hard there with your bait mix. Try this.

buy a jar of peanut butter and get a wood screw.
take the lid off the jar and screw it into a tree with your wood scre about 3 feet high.
screw the jar back onto the lid and cut the bottom out.

Voila instant peanut butter bait site. It works pretty good.