I use bait piles and i actualy spred them out i use a quite a few piles some we do not hunt over. i keep it out year long.

the bait piles that are the most efictive were our first and they were not intended as bait.

we feed our cows there during the winter the deer came to the food.

food plots to me are the same as bating here for every 3 acer plot there are about 100 1/4 or less plots.

we and other hunters i know have planted trees "apple,pear,cherry,and persomion,and oaks.
to hunt over we fitrlise the natural oaks and persiomins to help them produce more.

one of the most efictive baits i have sean to use is a grape vine deer around here will run rihght over corn piles to get to a grape vine.

And no i dont see a differince one food scorice is the same as another in my eyes.