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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wjschmaltz" data-source="post: 261304" data-attributes="member: 6150">I'm not a seasoned guy and only have a few years under my belt.  But I have a lot of buddies that have been running them for 10-30 years.  They/I am in AK so things may be different down there but here is my take on it.  I am a busy guy and I bait a fair ways from home so I can relate to making bait last.  I use plastic 55-gallon barrels with a cable through the bottom and any solid stopper inside.  Tie the cable to a tree with 2-3 foot of play so the barrel rolls freely.  I then drill a small hole on the opposite side about the size of a quarter.  The best place is right in the bung, but it may not be as big an issue down there since you guys don't have griz to rip the hole open.  I like using popcorn sprinkled with a combination of kool aid, powdered sugar, and bait em 907 sweet surrender.  I hike into my bait about a mile to get where others are not so I choose popcorn.  I will also do COB with molasses from time to time if I don't have time to pop corn.  Skip the oil IMO.  It's messy.  I save my bacon grease and fish grease all year and will pop my popcorn in it on the turkey fryer outside.  The bears will lay there for hours knocking popcorn out of that barrel one piece at a time.  And if you run a few barrels at the same site, it will last weeks at a time.  For attractant, I take a my fish scraps (skins, bones) and put them into a liter jar with water and seal them in the garage for a few weeks.  Take a new one out each time I rebait.  I once had one pop open (not spill) and fill the pickup with that smell.  My wife was not happy but luckily we were literally 10 seconds from where we park to bait.  I also think Magnum Marten is the best you can buy and/or a bait em 907 Castor scent ball hoisted up in a tree.  Those things are the gift that keep on giving!  I also smear my barrel with bait em 907 anise tar so the bears are dragging scent trails every where they go.  (they also make tons of other scent dispersion stuff, check out their website!)do you have to clean everything up after season including contaminated dirt?  If so, and if the game department takes things seriously, skip the grease and putting stuff on the ground!</blockquote>

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