I don't have any beef with bait, fields, etc. That being said, I think the point is that all of those things intently bring the deer to a known spot within shot range. It does take some of the excitement of the unknown from it, and I suppose the argument could be made that we are taking some of the "sporting chance" out of it, sorta like manipulating the odds. Not exactly like hunting a large acorn ridge where the deer could be anywhere out of range. My biggest complaint about food plots, corn piles, etc, is that I almost never see bucks on them. But to repeat, I would shoot a deer on my back porch if I could draw him up there.