Well i forgot to mention, but as im readin this you all should see this too,

Every one is saying they get ate up good WHITH NO APPLE TREES AROUND!

I hunt in an apple orchard and there can be all kinds of apples on the ground and you will NEVER see a deer eat an apple. the only thing that eats an apple in the orchard are these MONSTER ground hogs. lol

All the deer eat are the BUDS off the Trees.

So i think if they are not use to the smell and taste of apples they will be there and eat them and you didnt mess anything up.