I wouldn't be as proud of a deer I shot over bait because I would know that I didn't put my heart and soul into the hunt. Anyone can go out and throw out a ton (sometimes literally) of food for an animal and kill it. It takes a certain amount of knowledge of the animal that you're pursuing in order to scout said animal, place a stand, and harvest it.

Bait alters an animals usual pattern, scent doesn't, treestands don't. That is the only problem I have with baiting. People who go out and scout before season and then have their scouting ruined because someone put a pile of corn a half mile back in the woods and changed their patterns irritates me. Placing scent on a trail doesn't do that. It may get the buck to stop for the extra second you need to place your shot, or bring it in the extra ten yards, but it isn't going to alter their usual patterns like bait will.