I love this topic, it cracks me up everytime I read something like this.... let me get this straight, hunting over a field of clover is baiting and baiting is "immoral/unethical"? Well, ANYBODY that says that hunting a deer near a food source must be one heck of a woodsman to ever kill a deer considering that he must me hunting on a 200 acre parking lot made of nothing but pavement. The woods are FULL of food sources, not just your oak/apple trees. Deer will roam around through the woods and graze on pretty much anything that they can so I wonder just where these guys are hunting if they don't think it is right to hunt deer by a food source.

Now, as far asa food-plot vs. a pile of corn.... this just cracks me up everytime I hear this as well. Those t.v. shows on the Outdoor Channel really sell food plots to the world. I love hearing guys talking about food plots and how deer from everywhere in the world flock to them and feed the entire day...... yeah, thats how it really works (sarcasim). The food plots on those t.v. shows you get your "info" from are nothing like the typical guys food plots. Try planting a food plot sometime and see if you get the results that you see on those wonderful television shows. Fact is a foodplot is just like any other agricultural field, tell me how a field of clover planted by a farmer is any different than a field of clove planted by a hunter. Oooo, thats right.... there is no difference.

It seems that alot of guys think that when a food plot is present deer just give up all their natural reactions and instincts. A deer is always cautious when entering any field, be it a food plot or corn field. Also, in any normal situation (not these giants chunks of entirely un-pressured land you see on t.v.) deer act the same way as a agricultural field, they enter at last light and the big bucks usually come out last.

Why plant a food plot, because it is another food source for the deer that will help all wildlife. It isn't a hunting technique, it is a way to give back to the outdoors.

I think that too many guys are judging food plots based on what they see on t.v. My grandma use to tell me "don't believe everything you see on t.v." and that speaks loud and true on here. Get out and base your facts on actually watching a food plot instead of seeing those great hunters on the ranchs in texas.