Cooking grease from Chinese restaurants, splash that all over your bait site when establishing the site.
Vanilla in a spray bottle, spray the bait site
Check regs I know some states won't let you use meat.
Dog food works but imho its not a bears favorite, however mixing in sweets will make it more attractive to the bears.
Once you have an established site, if the bears are coming in at night after shooting hours pull the bait. This requires more work but will get them coming in earlier. Bears like a free dinner, if there is only a snack left (a few scraps) they will start coming earlier.
A lot of guys fill barrels with bait, I do not do this I put out a 3/4 filled 5 gallon bucket. I bait everyday. The bears get use to it and know the routine.
I am sure you'll get a bunch of others with their method. Find the method that best fits your time and needs.
Idaho allows meat but not from game animals, including fish.
