Is an oak tree that drops acorns that grow into more oak tress baiting?
No. Hunting over the food source, is.
Is a honeysuckle vine that propagates itself baiting?
No. Hunting over that food source.....knowing it attracts deer, is.
If a hunter's intent is to setup on a rubline is the rubline now bait?
To "Me"....no moreso than a hunter choosing to set up on a turd.....because he knows a deer's been there. But that's just me.
See....I view MANY, MANY things as ""baiting".....but I also don't view "baiting" as a dirty word.