Andrew, you really should try it before you knock it. Like a previous poster said, there are alot of places that hunting over bait is the only effective way to hunt. You could hunt your entire life in Maine, Ontario, Quebec or New Brunswich and without baiting never see a bear, much less shoot one, especially with a bow. I hunt WV and my home state of PA, 2 entirely different states when it comes to baiting deer. Like alot of people I had formed my own opinion of hunting deer over bait as beinglike shooting fish in a barrel. Let me tell you, I couldnt have been more wrong, in the 11 years Ive had my place in WV the grand total number of bucks Ive killed over bait has been a big fat zero, Ive actually seen bucks see the bait and turn the other way, and you wont ever ever see a decent buck at a bait in the day light hours. And the deer that do come into the bait are the most high strung nervous animals Ive ever seen, heck you cant break wind with out the dang things jumping out of there skins. Seems alot of people form knee jerk opinions without having any idea what their talking about. Just remember what usually happens when you assume something