I agree, although I do not hunt over bait because is also illegal in michigan, I find it very funny how people can mock others for there preference of hunting style which in this case is baiting. Those same people probably climb into there stands and hunt over 1/4-1 acre food plots that they placed there to do just that. Now tell me what is the difference of throwing some apples and corn on the ground compared to a small hunting plot or even hunting over an apple tree as someone had also mentioned. Does it make you a better hunter because your able to have a stand positioned over an apple tree, next to a small plot, or even hung in a giant oak tree, I doubt it!!! On my property I have small food plot, big trecks of corn, soy beans, and alfalfa, I also have numerous apple trees and oak trees but if someone wants to bait go for because thats their choice. Hey if it was legal I probably would do here and there as well, I know that how I would start off my boy hunting. I thought we are suppose to get people involved in the outdoors, which is something I charish!!