it is simply a definition of the very vague, and often abused, term AREA.
It is now defined that if you are closer than 100 yds and in sight of a bait pile or feeder.....you are hunting over bait.
this law sucks and so did the old law, BUT previously area could have reasonably been interpreted by a fair GW or a law abiding hunter as far more than 100 yds away from a feeder. In other words in the past I doubt a hunter who honestly tried to follow all hunting regs. and ONLY continued to feed during hunting season for feeding purposes would have ever considered hunting 100 yds away from a feeder. So now, area has been defined as being much smaller than most would have thought and is small enough that bait can now fairly easily assist a hunter in killing a deer. If the real purpose was to define area in a way that would allow clubs and landowners to feed year around without having to worry about whether or not they were breaking the law then they would have defined area as much greater than a distance of 100 yds.
