Meat works the best for attracting bears but oats and mollasses and even old doughnuts will keep them coming.The very best is old beaver carcasses but unless you know a trapper and have him save them for you they are nearly impossible to get.When baiting check your baits every day as if you let the bait run out for a few days the bears will abandon the site.I usually plan on at least 200 lbs of bait per site so can replenish each sight at least five or six times using about 30lbs per time.I never hunt a bait until it has been hit at least three days in a row as the bears are more wary the first few days that they use a site.