I'm not saying right or wrong, bait piles/feeders put deer exactly right where you want them when they come in, IN RANGE.
No difference, trail hunting is trail hunting although I feel bait piles/feeders have more pull than do food plots. But no, trails are what they are.
I don't want this to turn into a battle of ethics, but if you see food plots differently than feeders because of the IN RANGE aspect, what are your thoughts on decoy's. Isn't that the point of using them?