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The wildlife officialsmay consider this baiting if you are using a large haybale(deer will eat hay, and you are putting it in the woods). Do your local and state game laws allow baiting?Deer may be leery of hay bales, as coyotes love to use them for shelter and hunting. Sometimes deer will feed on the hay and also bed next to the bale.

Here is something that may work well. Take two old pieces of plywood and connect them with two hinges so the hinges will be facing you. You now have a cheap and quick blind that can be left in the woods. I know of several who have been sucessful using this method.