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  • There isn't one answer for the whole country. It really depends on the size of the property and the population of deer. There are fenced ranches out west that are larger than the gamelands and state parks we hunt in the Northeast- business owners have every right to protect their heard from traffic or predators. Unfortunately, there are also places where you can buy a trophy buck and "hunt" it from a heated blind with a TV. I'd hardly consider that hunting, but if someone is foolish enough to pay 10m for a buck- I guess that's his business. It must be a great story to tell your grandchildren, "Well tommy- I recall is was cold that day as the guide drove me to the blind in a golf cart.. I remember it was half time when he told me a big one was approaching the feeder... I placed my $15,000 custom 30-06 on the bench rest and dropped him from 50 yards.." Where I live in SE PA, we are over-populated with doe and I'd support anything that reduces the heard including crossbows, baiting, or higher bag limits. May main concern here is with baiting is disease not ethics.