RE: OK Guys it's DEBATE time....
Well ... here's my opinion on this subject , if you have a pile of corn , carrots , sugar beets or apples within thirty yards of your stand or blind then your hunting over bait.
If your inbetween a bedding area and a natural feeding area then your using what nature has avaliable.
When a hunter dicides to use a bait plie , he /she would have to replenish it more often in order for it to be effective.