Here in Illinois we used to be able to feed the deer, but not bait. They passed the no feeding law,which I thought was silly, considering the low number of sick deer up on the border.
Where I work (near St. Louis) the people use to come out and feed the deer every night. It was such an attraction that they created a deer park by a refinery nearby for people to come watch the deer around the feeders that they had put in. Right after they opened the deer park, they had to remove the feeders. My workplace posted no feeding signs.
I don' t understand why they put a statewide ban on feeding in IL, when WI can' t even keep a ban on baiting or feeding.