Interesting question, I have thought about this myself. Deer are not allowed in the books that are shot behind high fences so that is a non issue. If you look at the areas where the majority of the really big deer come from: Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio, what do they have in common? Along with really good gentics they have a lot of corn and soybeans. So to want to exclude deer because someone plants a food plot on their property, in fairness you need to exclude deer taken on property that contain crops or are shot in crop fields. I understand that these foodplots are geared toward growing good racks but just look at the deer coming out of the cornbelt. I don' t see any difference in putting a stand on the edge of a cornfield and one on the edge of a foodplot. IMO they are essentially the same thing.