Bear attractant

[macksdad]

What is the best bear attractant on the market or homemade. Thanks for your help in advance.

[Slickhead]

anything that smells like grape or bacon
Beaver castor will attract also

I dont hunt bear , but have a buddy in PA that does

[akdd]

I have been using the Anise bait balls from here  https://baitem907.com/bear-lure-products.html  with good success

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

Donut greese  ( the old used stuff ) is great and usually free from a local shop...

,,,Sam,,,

[Roadkill]

I used an unusual method of finding where bears go and atracting them-when I still had a place to hunt them.  I took grease from variuos cooking sources, heated it up and mixed in sawdust. Placed where needed, the bears would be attracted to the grease-#1 and then the scat let me know the general area they roamed in#2.  Have you tried burning honey?  In canyons it put out a powerful sweet smell.  Tin foil full, a lit candle under and a long wait.  Even that black acrid smoke at the end did not seem to deter them.
Might be legal in your state...if so try one or two of them

[goingoldskool]

Bacon works really well and so does strawberry jello powder.

A couple of guys that I hunted ontario bears with used fruit loops as well.

Good luck, shoot straight and God bless,

Rodd

[woodchucker]

"Woodchucker's Liquid Bear Bait"
1 Bottle of cheap pancake syrup
1 Jar of cheap honey
1 Large bottle of vanilla extract
1 Large bottle of anise

Empty ingredients into a sauce pan & warm over low heat, while stirring to mix well. Do Not overheat! Using a funnel, pour the warm contents back into the syrup bottle & put leftover into another container.

Pour liquid bait over rotten stumps or logs within range of your stand. Bears will tear the logs & stumps apart looking for the grubs, beetles, insects, living inside.

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!

[huronhunter]

I use anise or vanilla . When using the anise, I cut cotton strips and put them in a ziplock bag. Swap the strips in and out when tending bait sites . I also use real vanilla. I put a quart of the vanilla in a small hand held lawn sprayer with two quarts of water. I then spray the bait area . Donuts are the main bait I use. Hope this helps !

[killinstuff]

In the fall, blueberry, acorns and apples lastly.  In the spring grass and clover.