Deer are always on survial mode eating whatever they can, It is always going to be the highest protein source that they can find. Be it cedar over spuce, aspen over red maple...That is why at times they can be so hard to pattern....right when you think that you have them pegged, A new food source pops up....ie acorns, mushrooms, or a recently cut alfalfa that has started to regrow fresh new growth.. winter brouse like dogwood, honeysucle are your best places to look for now...I would also look for southern exsposers too...You will see the first signs of melting there allowing the deer to get at your ground sources again..