I could care less if I'm able to bait or not bait, plant food plots or not. I just hate when the politicians make stupid laws that make no sense. We can't bait here in VA, as posted earlier, after Sept. 1st. I guess diseases don't spread in the fall. No Sundays either. Our politicians in VA are an embarrassment.

Then why is it legal to bait in Missouri but you can't huntthe area until 10 days after the bait is gone. This sounds nothing like disease control tactics to me. I don't put out bait or want to hunt over bait, just thought I would stir the pot a little.

MO Archer, that's the same way it is in Alabama. You can bait all year long but it has to be removed or consumed 10 days before you hunt the spot.

Bait as defined by Merriam Webster.
1 a : something (as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap.

A food plot is an unnatural food source planted specifically for attracting and holding deer in a specific place. No matter how you look at it a food plot is just another source of bait.

So is doe urine, mock scrapes, decoys, etc... etc...

funny

It always seem that hunters from states where baiting is illegal oppose it and those in states that allow it have no problem with it. Not 100%, but close. I have never talked to a hunter here that is opposed to it. Almost everyone does it in some form or another. It is legal, therefore it cannot be called unethical. That wouldn't be any different than someone who shoots a long bow deciding that compound bows are unethical, even though they are legal. We have high-tech compound bows, fiber optic sights, sight lights, climbing tree stands, scent killing sprays, calls for everything imaginable, estrous doe scent, some of it is even synthetic, and throwing out some feed is unethical.

My opinion, if it is legal in your area, it's a matter of personal choice.