We can bait in NC. I have corn out as I write this. I will be putting more out tomorrow. I have a pretty small corner of the woods near my house that I have hunting access too. So, I have put bait out in hopes that the deer will see my corner of the woods as a place that has a good food supply.
In addition, There are plenty of oak trees in this area of the woods. Our season starts Sept. 8 until Nov.5th I believe. Then Gun starts.
I think that putting the corn down is getting the deer moving to a section of the woods that Later I will be hunting for them over Acorns.
So I put out corn, What difference is there in putting a food source out. IMHO, This is similar to hunting a food plot, or setting up in the oaks when the acorns fall, or on the edge of the Orchard, or Still hunting a Corn field.
You go were the deer are going to feed, or you put feed out where you can hunt.
When I lived in MI, I had access to a fantastic set of farms with Corn, Soy Beans, Apple Orchard, Oak trees, Bedding areas streams. It was a deer heaven and I never needed bait. Deer were always moving to different food sources.
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