sents have no nutritional value. Don`t grow bigger racks. Don`t feed the deer. Cost little. Bait Piles feed the deer. If you add imperial 30-06 to them then it gives excellent nutritional value to the bait pile. Sents are legal in NY state bait piles are illegal. Sents only last a day or less. Bait piles depending on the size can last a week. So there may be differences in them but I still think they are both baiting in my eyes just happens one is legal and the other isn`t.