The food plot/baiting issue has gone the way of deer hunting all around. If you have $$ you can plant plots having every delectible food deer might enjoy. This is not "Natural", forage. It concentrates deer. A big corn and bean operation concentrates deer. Corn and beans,,not natural forage,,well,,pretty nautral in Iowa.It's a money thing as to what your hunting rates. A hand full of corn on the ground,,"Baiting", Fields of plots,turnips, sugar beets, peas,rye,,corn,beans, "Baiting". Which is worse? which is "Unfair",which is "Fair Chase",,up for debate? To be a real purist,,hunt in the wilds of Ontario, or alberta, way back in the bush,,with just a stick and hand made long bow. But why does this all really matter? Killing a deer is killing a deer! Using scents, calls,decoys, mock scrapes,mock licking branches,making bedding areas,opening up trails, or like I do,,taking the lower branches off of cedar trees, to encourage bucks to rub in my area. These are all baiting,,in a way.