Originally Posted by DougE

I do dismiss that as food for deer in the winter in this area.I have grass in my yard and I haven't seen a deer there in months regardless of the fact that we have deer densities well in excess of 50 dpsm.The deer are in two places.They're hitting the fresh tops left over from logging and they're digging through a couple inches of snow to dig up acorns where there's still some left.We also have two golf courses where I live.Oncewe get about 5-6 inches of snow,the deer leave it alone.It takes every for deer to graze during the winter.On top of that,alot of forbes and grasses aren't that palatable during this time of year.Deer need browse during the winter.That's what they prefer and that's where they'll concentrate.In doing so,it doesn't take many deer to devour what browse is left if the habitat is poor to beigin with.