RE: Baiting Black Bear.
It's kinda like KFC. No one is going to give you their secret recipe! I'll set up 2-3 barrels at a bait site. If you know a trapper grab all the beaver bodies, they're on the bears natural diet. Barley and oats work well. Plus something sweet, honey or molasses, which you can pour down the side of a barrel. This will keep the bear shoulder deep in a barrel for a couple minutes. Make sure to set up your barrels so that the bear's vision is obscured so that you can get a good look at the bear. This will give you time to ensure that your looking at a boar or dry sow and that it is what you are looking for. If possible set the barrel up so that the bear in a quartering away from you to allow for a good shot, especially if you are using a bow. As far as taste, you'll have to find out for yourself.