To each there own ,I see very little point in baiting deer in the early fall when natural food is bountiful.

I buy a six ton gravity box of corn every fall.AndI start feeding at the end of rifle season around mid November.
I feed more for scouting than anything else,its a great way to see what made it through the season . Check out the horns following this doe![]
And after a week of corn you could kill them with a bat. Baiting in cold weather isreally unethical .And it is just plain wrong these deer have been hunted hard for months and food is all that is on there minds.As for in the fall it just seems like more useless stuff to carry in the woods with ya.