Ya i put corn out to get camera pictures. But if you are hunting and that pile of corn is in front of you that is baiting, and that is illegal in some states. You would have to find the laws about it to know for sure.

Yes you will see deer early in the morning or right at about sunset usually. There are about three seasons, early,rut, and late season. For early season it is usually best to sit on a deer trail where the deer are moving. The rut is usually the easiest time to hunt usually. Now, if you arent familiary with the rut that is the breeding period for deer. This is when you are more likely to see more deer moving during the day, but it is still kinda rare to see a deer during miday. During the rut though the bigger bucks are out chasing after the does to breed. Finally then you have late season hunting. This is a good time to hunt over something like a bean field that wasnt harvested during the fall. You will see deer in fields cause this is when they are looking for food, that is if there is snow on the ground. The bucks burn weight chasing does in the rut so this is usually when they put that weight back on.

Your best bet as to finding out when the deer are out there though is to put a trail camera out by that corn pile. Cameras range anywhere from 50-250 dollars so that is up to you. I started out with some 50 dollar cameras and they got the job done, but i recently upgraded this year.

Hope my info helps you out.