Slightly different method in baiting but it is still using food to attract deer. The one thing that is the big difference is that baiting usually is placing a small amount of bait in one or a few locations; where a food plot is using a realatively large food source to attract them. I have hunted over both scenarios and prefer a good food plot. Obviously you need you need the private land for the food plot so it does limit someones abaility if they do not have access to private land that has an adequate food source.