RE: Will a mortally wounded deer bed down in planted corn?
My rule on standing corn is, if it's there, the deer are in it. It's food, water, cover and some deer never leave corn until it's cut providing there is rain fall for water and the ruts not in.
I hunt a woodlot that most years hold corn fields. Most if not all the deer I've shot head for the corn and if not pushed, that's where you'll find them.