Be it a feeder, food plot, honeysuckle, corn broadcasted on the ground with a spreader or food scent...its all a FORM of baiting.
So, why I dont put out corn...I do hunt planted fields and areas in which I attempt to keep a consistent food source for deer to rely on...thats baiting !!
I don't view a food plot as bait. Do I have them? Yes. Do I hunt them? Yes. I view them as something that is providing a YEAR LONG benefit to my deer herd. I have both warm season and cool season plots. I don't solely plant them to hunt on them. There is a major difference between the guy that buys a 200 dollar feeder and 300 lbs of corn and sits 20 yards away verses a guy that gets out and sweats clearing land, tilling land, and plants and maintains plots.
No, I don't bait. Yes, it is illegal in my hunting area.