"Cast, is that from predation?"
That is right. Archery hunters and guys who just like to use trail cams have really got into baiting all over the west.
Sweet baits are the worst. Deer really get hooked on them.
Baits like apples attract Mice, Rats, Rabbits, Squirrls, Birds, Deer and all kinds of animals.
That in turn attracks Coyotes, Bobcats, Bears and Lions.
Mule deer get hooked real quick on sweet baits. Does come right into the bait, throwing caution to the wind.
They drag there fawns right in with them.
Just think of how a kid thinks about a drink of water as opposed to how he thinks about a peice of candy. Same thing with a deer.
With thousands of baiting sites out there preditors have learned
that those sites are easy pickings.
Just look at all the trail cam photos you see with some sort of preditor lurking in the shadows behind the bait.
A lot more people are starting to relize that baiting in the west
is not cool.
You will see plenty of deer using boot leather and glass.