My recommendation for a baited, guided hunt was in response to you just wanting to add a bear to the list. A guide who's running stands and baits year round is as close to a sure thing as you can get in the bear world.

On a 5 day hunt in unfamiliar country I wouldn't personally bother trying to bait.

I'd get high early and glass as much as I could. They should be feeding hard that time of year.

-Jake