RAH, here in Starke County deer are funny. I planted brassicas here and they were never touched, even after a frost. 12 miles away I planted them and turnips/beets and the deer ate everything down to the ground, then pawed any tubers out of the ground. The 1 ac food plot was bare dirt before December.

This year with the heavy snow the deer here were even coming up to the house to eat Arborvitae. I put out corn and an alfalfa bale when the snow was deep and the deer were walking all the way up to the barn (roughly 100 yds from the woods) to eat, and they seemed to know the sound of the tractor. After I put the stuff out, they'd be there 20 minutes later, but this was about 1/2 hour before sunset so maybe that had something to do with it.