I see nothing wrong with hunting food plots. These are ussually acres in size and deer can approach at any angle any time..plus there is no Signal like a feeder spreader that rings a dinner bell.

Just like the rat/mice study where they learn to press a button to get food..deer learn to associate the whirring sound of a spreader with food. If it's year round feeding then the animal ACLIMATES to Human intervention in their environment and if supplemental feeding is greater than the natual food source the deer become DEPENDANT. This REMOVES the instinctual fear factor. You might as well be shooting a cow.

Just a suggestion, the bigger deer know the danger of going into an open field with no cover. If you set your stand back into the woods from the field you'll see where the deer stage before nightfall and get a shot in before dark. Use the wind and heaviest cover next to the field to select the ambush site...you'll get more action and see better deer. Plus, in every case where I tagged a Trophy deer, it Followed other deer watching for danger by some distance..if you shoot the 1st animal..you'll never see Mr. Big. Course..if the lead animal sees you its all over too.

But thats the fun of it all