In GA it used to be illegal io have bait out period durring deer season. Now you can have it out as long as you're at least 250 yards away and not in direct sight. We put a feeder upright in the middle of the lease and plan to keep it there all year. I don't see anything wrong with having a feeder up as long as you don't hunt right on top of it. Isn't a feeder the same thing as a food plot ? If you plant corn or peas to harvest and eat thats farming. right ? If you plant an acre of clover andshoot a deer in the middle of it you ARE hunting over bait, right ?Now some of you are will refuse to see it that way because you love your food plots, I do too. It's the same thing, period. Here in GA there is a severe overpopulation problem. The number of hunters is going down while the deer population is rising.

I'm not going to slam someone for hunting near or over bait, you shouldn't either. Unless you hunt in a loin cloth with a spear or bow youmade yourselfyou are no more of a sportsman than someone that uses bait as a tool. Am I wrong ?