to tell you the truth . theirs not not much that want work on  black bears .when you or baiting.. but that said ..if you have been baiting much at all . you will have all ready noticed .that some bear's  just like  different things.////so what is a sure fire killer at one stand.. may only be so so at the next..some times it's ...

Chuck Don Knight - hunter's campfire expert on bear hunting - says he uses edible garbage discarded from restaurants. See his article on black bear hunting, which you can link to from the home page of hunterscampfire.com. I also have seen guys use fresh meat scraps (raw)  which bears love. Bear expert Dr. Ken ...

This is my buddy Scott who lives outside of San Francisco. He came to the Blue Ridge mountains to hunt black bear in the beautiful Jocassee Gorges. Despite a less than stellar guide, Scott was a trooper and proved himself to be a very tough hunter. Our last day we sat in a steady drizzle for hours on the side of a mountian that was covered ...

I took this photo of a very fresh track of a small bear on a rainy morning in the Jocassee Gorges, in the mountain range on the SC/NC line. You can see the claw marks above the paw prints. Nearby was a pile of skat that was so fresh it was steaming...but I'll spare you that photo.