vtbuckrulrss:

No, I think you missed my point. I do not think food plots and baiting are the only way to hunt. Far from it. My point was that everyone is hunting in relation to some type of food source, whether it be a clover plot, a feeder, a farmer's wheat field, or oaks that are 50 yrs. old. But not over a parking lot. Some make it sound like that would be the only 'ethical' place to hunt.

Too many people believe that if it is illegal in their particular locale, then it should be banished everywhere. (This next statement is not aimed at you, vtbuck) And I grow weary of some self appointed ethics police passing judgement on individuals using legal methods for game harvesting. If it is not a person's bag, don't do it. But leave the law abiding hunter alone that chooses to hunt this way.

As far as food plots being a lazy man's way out, nothing could be farther from the truth. We have been tending food plots on a private lease for the last three years. We plant three times a year, spend a lot of money, and spend lots of hours on these plots. What we get in return is we have seen our deer population increase somewhat but most importantly we have much healthier and bigger deer. On this land there is no agriculture and we use the food plots year round to augment what browse is available.