I have an issue with baiting animals, hell, your already gonna blow them away with a rifle which hardly makes it a challenge.
I honestly think NC needs to do what VA has done, make baiting illegal. You can't even put salt licks out where I hunt. I kinda like it that way, sure I might not always get a deer, but atleast it's somewhat fair.
Rifle season is also only 2 weeks long in VA, the rest is BP and Archery, certainly makes it a little more of a challenge. But that means I have NEVER even shot a deer with a rifle, first one was with a BP rifle.
Corn is also bad for deer, if they eat enough it causes some pretty bad side effects.
Read this if you actually care about the deer your hunting.
http://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/feeding-deer-corn-is-not-the-best-thing-to-do/14293.html Corn and other baits really are bad for the deer population. Your best bet is to be kind to the animals that provide you meat and hunt them over natural food sources.