Here in Iowa, we are not allowed to hunt over bait. We can plant and hunt over food plots but we have to be at least 100 yards from feeders or food placed out for deer such as corn or apples. On my place, I don't even worry about planting food plots because all the property around my place is row cropped in corn and soybeans or pastured with alphalpha and clover. Plenty of food around. I started 5 years ago to set up my place as a bedding area. I already had 2 patches of heavy mature cedar thickets on my place. 1 is around 5 acres and the other is about 2 acres. I have since planted 34 acres of hardwood trees. Oaks, black walnuts, hickorys, and ashes. They are still pretty small, only 3 or 4 feet tall, but already the deer use these fields. And yes I'm counting down too. 23 more days! OH YEAH!!!!