here is my outlook on it...I don't "bait" as that is illegal...I do however drop a gallon bucket or so of corn on the ground every couple days at the back of my property(before season begins)...I live in a subdivision comprised of several acres lots, the yard/roads are covered with deer at night, so they are already conditioned to human activity. The property that meets up with the back of mine is 1200acres of dense woods, nobody is allowed to hunt and I will not trespass just to get that deer. Judging by my trailcam pics, the deer are certainly coming to the area....were they before?I don't know but I see nothing wrong with having them shift their pattern onto my property. I'm not hunting over bait, but using the food source to pattern them pre-season...and for what it's worth...I'm still deerless this season..so it's not like they sit and wait for the bucket all year...