Used to wait for the cows to come to the feed barn to butcher them also, not much hunting there. It would be like poping humming birds with the red rider off the sugar water feeder in the back yard. We do hunt off bear baits, but haven't hunted off baits for deer, just don't seem right. Bears can be almost impossible to hunt in thick terrain any other way, and even with baits they are unpredictable and often make you before they come in. I don't know, maybe there is no difference, but just not my cup of tea to bait deer.