I better throw this in before he asks...
IF you have a Pasture that is surrounded by an Electric Fence and there is Cattle and Horses using the pasture Daily and the Farmer has a Mineral/Salt Block in the pasture..
NO, that isn't bait.. it is a Natural Agricultural Practice for the Farm animals to get minerals, same as a Feeder inside that Electric fence enclosed pasture and would not be looked at as a bait station!
IF Farmer cuts a wheat field with a combine and spills some of that wheat while transfering it from the combine to a truck, NO those little piles are not considered Bait...
IF a Farmer cuts a Corn field and some of the ears of corn either get left or happen to fall off the Wagon, NO it is Not considered Baiting!
BUT, if the Farmer goes and cuts down a corn field, wheat field and then takes the corn or wheat to another place on the properety and shoots it out in a pile, not for his animal but for the Wild Critters, then that would be Baiting!
Plant it, let it grow, do not mess with it, THEY WILL COME!
Plant it, let it grow, cut it all up and then place it on piles, It is Baiting...but, they will still come!
Place it they will come and IS Baiting!
Apple Trees, Pear Trees, Plum Trees, Cherry Trees, Peach Tress, Walnut Trees, and so on...if you let them fruits fall naturally from the tree and the critters come and eat what has fallen on the Ground, all is ok!
BUT, if you go and gather all those fruits up and place them on nice little neat piles or transport them to another area..IT IS BAITING!
Same for Seeds on stalks... let them fall naturally and it is not baiting.. cut it down and beat the stalks to get the seeds and then place it in piles or transport to another area, IT IS BAITING!
Run thru fields where there is certain seeds stalks planted and the seeds fall, nothing wrong with it... but, again, if you run thru the field and have a big tarp with you and you gather seeds in it while running thru the field and then dump the seeds someplace, it is baiting!
Do ya get it yet??
I could keep going and going with different Examples but you might want to add a hook below the sinker and some kind of pastury to lure me back in and bite!