I remember when baiting was illegal for deer before in Michigan. We still managed to take deer. There were more hunters then too and kept the deer moving. I remember seeing 78 deer one opening morning. But if you saw an antler you better shoot him as you weren't likely to see another that season. Recently the hunting is different. Most deer stay put on private property next to their food piles. The quality of bucks has gone up.
I doubt that a baiting ban is going to stop or even slow the spread of chronic wasting disease. Deer will still congregate under apple trees, oak trees, corn fields, etc. Once the cwd prion is in the soil it stays for a long time. I think the best thing to do is drastically reduce the deer herd but that would be highly unpopular.
