Everyone already baits in AL, so no change in the process, only in the legalization.
I don't know 'everyone' in Al. but I KNOW baiting (feeding), food plots << called "Green Patches">> was well practiced in Al in the 80s when I hunted there a few yrs.
Also, there "WAS" a time when the AGFC said, " deer can not BE baited" in the sense that deer would NOT respond to it.
However their attitude has changed since then, ATST it IS legal to "FEED" /bait deer on private property.
I know w/o a DOUBT the deer have NOT become nocturnal. They will avoid feeders in some areas during daylight but they are NOT nocturnal.
I'm NOT arguing, just posting what I know for a fact in Al. & Ark.
*** I don't use feeders/bait or 'green patches' at all ***
Jerry