I live in a grizzly recovery area so I can only use bait that bears will not relate to humans (bacon grease, horse feed, donuts,etc and etc are taboo) Soooo about the only thing we can use is meat scraps. Rotten meat seems to bring in bear really well. They will eat fresh meat over rotten but the smell is what bring them in.

After you get them coming in you can switch to something sweet----donuts, fruit, molasses on livestock feed or keep on using "fresh" meat scraps.

Vanilla and anise oil works well for scent too.

Good luck

BTW - I used to live between St. Clair and Stanton when I was in high school. Went to school in Sullivan.