I don't find baiting any diffrent than useing scents other than it would be easier to take a deer over a scent mark than food.Would it be illegal to use apple scent to mask your odor or a natural apple cut in 4s and placed in your pocket a couple days before the hunt season?I don't see how it could be any diffrent.In reality your odds wouldn't go up that much on public land.The deer won't move the same when people come into their enviroment.I don't see why 1 would use bait on private property.The deer are allways going to be there withouth the pressure of hunters on opening day and maybe a few extra deer that you haven't seen before that was pushed off public hunting land.Planting deer food is not baiting.It is to increase the antler growth and health of deer.Now to hunt apublic dump for bear would that be considered baiting or natural resource?As far as I know there is not a law on useing stinky old fish for fertilizer for your 10 by 10garden or it was illegal to put apples in your composs bin on your property.