I tried hunting over corn piles back in 1995. Deer did come in to eat, but the problem was that it was mostly the smaller bucks and does with fawns that came in during legal hours. One problem with it was that the deer seemed to be more alert, and also if they would stay and eat for any lenght of time, it was hard to not get spotted. Heck, most of us have to move after awhile, so any movement had a chance of being spotted.

Beyond that, I was always indifferent to the whole issue of baiting. I stopped using it because I did not find it to be particularly effective. So for me, it did not work out to be like " shooting fish in a barrell" . Then again, I was trying to be selective and hunt nicer bucks. If one wasn' t as selective, then maybe it would increase their chances of success.

Scent is much less...I guess I would say...certain?...in its results. Deer will come to food, but scent is more hit or miss. I' ve had deer come flying into doe in estrus scent in the rut, and then at other times during the rut walk by and ignore it. So I' m not sure you can really equate the two.