Well it would all depend on the situation at hand. If youre hunting a self planted field such as a cornfield or bean field, its more natural to deer. Now lets say you hang a stand in a spot youve never hunted before and place 2-5 gallons of corn smack dab in the middle of a runway, this is unnatural, but yet both serve the same purpose, to get the deer in and to hopefully get the deer to stand still long enough to get a good clean shot.I prefer natural food sources such as clover fields, corn fields, etc. But sometimes I pick up apples from the yard and put the out as a treat. It all does the same thing imho.