[ronn]

Huntingman, its for sure arguable. On this one its to each there own if its legal. You maybe a half mile away but there has to be some attraction to the plots you plant. even if they just hold deer in the area. 2 miles is not to far for a deer to travel to get groceries in an evening. I think different parts of the country look at it differently. Where I am there is no agriculture. Where in other states there are beans and corn growing all over the place and people hunting near them?????. I haven't used for plots of any kinda for reasons other than its right or wrong. It is legal here. Baiting is legal here with rules to follow but its legal. Here a weekend hunter is lucky to get a buck every couple years and a mature buck once in a life time. The woods are huge with no defined feeding areas or true bottle necks you would see in farm country. Add this to low deer densities and a hunter needs all the help he can get. These woods are big. A few years ago a Lear jet went down on Christmas eve. Three years went by before it was found. If you choose not to use your best weapon you have as a predator that's your choice. Look at it this way if you hunted over a food plot you could choose the right deer to take to improve the herd as apposed to the first safe shot. Ethics? If this guy thinks its unethical and that guy over there thinks it is ethical, who's right? Are you going to be the one to make the call? am I, no way will I say that guy is unethical that would be forcing my label on him. Would I use an attractant plot? yes. Will I? probably not but for reasons that most hunters don't have to deal with. would I bait? yup I would. Do you take a mature buck every year? and the mature deer are the ones to take according to the biologists. If you find a stand of oaks loaded with acorns do you walk away and hunt somewhere else? When you go fishing do you use bait on the hook or a lure? Ethically whats the difference? I'm not bashing on you, just putting it out there. Its a argument that will go on forever. thats all i got to say on the subject and you can't bait me into more. lol