I live in Northern Wisc, and we have had legal deer baiting for many years. IMO it is an absolute waste of time and has caused many problems, Youper has touched on many of them. The biggest problem I see, is dumping corn has led to an explosion of bears and then they raise hell with the fawns. Studies have shown bears kill 25% to 50% of the fawn crop. In our area the deer kill was down 49% this year. There are no pros to baiting deer. Also our DNR estimated our bear population at 6000-6500 and an independent study proved their are over 26000!!! The study was so good the DNR cannot refute the numbers. Bears eat the corn and have 3 to 5 cubs instead of the normal 1 or 2, and it takes 11 years to get a kill tag for them.
