It's illegal to hunt over "bait". Not 100% positive it's illegal to put it out during off-season or even during seasons if you don't hunt over it. I'd have to look it up but I'm sure it's legal unless you hunt over it or on avisible trailleading to it.....somethin like that. If a game warden finds a pile of corn or other "bait' on your property, he won't bust you unless you're hunting over it, I've asked them. I don't feed corn during the season though so it doesn't affect me.Puttin out a cornpile is doing more bad than good, and you'll likely never see much action b/c the deer are gonna eat it all at night. I've done it during the off-season ever since game cams came out, just to get pictures of possible targets growin their newracks each year. A few times I tried stuff like cmere deer b/c I just wanted to see how the deer responded to these new "wonder baits", so I put some out in front of a camera. None of the crap works anyways so it's useless as a bait, don't waste your time and money. It is however legal to hunt over white salt in Alabama,butnothing beats sittin by a big white oak or persimmon tree!!! That's the best"bait" you'll find.