Bruce coming from MI and hunting the NLP a lot the past 25 year, I think I know what the issues is with the baiting ban for some.
Pland and simple, and not to be mean, it's the only way they know/knew how to hunt.

I have baited with my family in NLP a long time. If you take the bait away NLP becomes extremly tough to hunt. There are no woodlots, funnels, etc. Just big woods and ridges, it's a different way to hunt.

Without the ability to drop some bait 150 yds of the road and draw deer to them, a lot of hunters in MI are screwed. It is what it is.

Baiting in MI is banned for the rest of my life