for those who can plant food plots "great", but i have to hunt public land here in ohio and usually only for two days at a time on weekends. therefor i bait with corn(its legal) and sometimes soybeans if i can get them but i still have to find a place i believe deer will be, i still have to hang a stand in a good tree. my opinion is that with usually only two days at a time hunt i use bait. it only helps to bring them in anyway. i still have to be scent free, quiet, wind in right direction, etc,etc. the deer are still free range deer.
just my 2cents and season opens next sat and my corn is out and i have tree picked out for stand, travel path to stand tree and i won't think twice about it. not alot of food plot to hunt on public land or i would save the money for the corn