It is my understanding that feeding deer in the winter is not a good idea, at least in the north where the deer yard up. NH Fish & Game Dept. definately discourges the idea. Apparently the deers metabelism slows down considerably in the winter...and "real" food will mess up the natural process. In addition, it takes them out of their deer yards, which means that they burn more energy. Also, it is a lifetime commitment for you since "once you start, you cannot stop" in that the deer will get used to/dependent upon your feeding them...and the young ones will learn from their mothers to go to your area to get "free food". I will email you an article from F&G.

BTW: nice pics on prior post...typical big-bodied NH.