RE: feeding deer
I put corn out (when I have it) for my 6 buddies. We have had one good snow fall here in MD. They are so accustom to where it is that they dug it up. I had three bare spot in my back yard where the dug it up, because they knew where it usually is when its out. I think if you feed them regular that they will find it.
P.S. I put it out the day before the snow fell during the night. They didn't get it by morning, but they had dug it up by the following morning. My wife thinks the tree rats help point them in the right direction and they did the big digging.