In Michigan its 3 gallons spread out over a 10ftx10ft area. Thats some pretty sparse feed. But it is to keep the deer from nose feeding, and spreading TB. Bow hunting isnt so busy, but if you hunt state land during rifle season, baiting really helps. The woods are so full and the deer are so pressured, that if you dont give them a reason to show up, they wont. I always bait during firearm season, and have yet to shoot a buck off the pile. They are usually too jittery once the shooting starts to stop and eat for very long. But it brings in the does, and the immature bucks. Usually once the does show up, a buck will show up sooner or later. All the bucks I've killed while baiting were not within 15ft of the pile, only passing through looking for the does.