here in vt its illegal too bait, but i dont c anything wrong with it, people hunt them in cornfields, apple orchads and anywhere else where there is a natural abunce of food. ive even hunted apple tree for them. I mean why not its there use it. only prob is that most of the time they dont come to them until its pretty close to being very dark and you cant shoot them anyway. I' m not tring to poke at anybody, but mother nature put these things here why not use them? Like stated above and i do agree--" to each is his/her own" ---srry had to add her b/c its not just him its both .