Although there are some obvious differences between hunting oaks, food plots and bait pile
(I've hunted all of them), it cracks me up when people that have massive food plots get all
sanctimonious about hunting a pile of corn.

I understand people not wanting to do it for various reasons (not seeing mature or nervous deer among
them), but acting like hunting over bait is some lazy hunter sure fire killing method is not accurate and
hypocritical for food plot folks.

Like Germ said, the little bait I've hunted on the deer have been on very high alert and knew
where the stand was. Twice I had the same doe and fawn and the fawn out of curiousity came
all the way to my stand (100 yards gun hunting) to check me out. I didn't shoot either and
enjoyed it. I also had a bow miss over corn, and the miss was partly attributable to the
high alert of the deer and partly attributable to my lack of skill, but I digress.

So here's my two cents. If you want to see mature deer you have a better chance hunting back off
of a food plot or under oaks, if you want to thin out some 1.5 year old does, "bait" will do the trick.