So I guess spot lighting should be o.k. too? Whynot just cage them up? Hell, put them on a farm and herd them like cattle, sell them at the grocery store. Let Wal-Mart cut them up for you too. Maybe it could be like the lobster tank, just pick out the one you want, they wrap it up for you and for an additional $29.99, they will mount the antlers for you. If you suck so bad at deer hunting that you have to use bait, find something else to do or go hunt black angus. My guess isyou might get close enough with their headin abucket.
OK I get it now. Ban a pile of corn and hunt deer the "old fashion way" from a 20 ft treestand with an odor absorbing suit, carbon arrows and a 300fps compound bow that can hammer nails at 30 yds. Any of us who think we have the market cornered on ethics is deluding ourselves. In most states now, herds of deer descend on biologic food plots like cattle. We set up on a well worn travel route and wait. Sure it is tough to trick a record book buck but the rest of the herd doesn't really stand a chance. As a bowhunter, I think that shooting these deer with a rifle is a joke. A guy with a homemade longbow who stalks his quarry from the ground probably thinks my treestand setup is unethical. Who is right? The answer is, nobody. Bait is just one of a long list of artificial tools we use today to harvest venison, no better and no worse than any of the high-tech gadgets marketed to give us an advantage.