OK, here's the deal. In an area like yours where you don't get snow... the first snow of the year will put them on their bellies as soon as it starts. They'll ride it out and won't move much. SO.... be in your stand a few hours before the storm hits and immediately after it quits. They'll whack the heck out of bushes, honeysuckle etc. They'll visit the edges of fields where the sun keeps the snow down. They'll go to picked corn in a heart beat as well as places like alfalfa where they know they can nuzzle a good meal anywhere they stick their nose under the snow. They'll find open areas like around water etc. YOU WILL NOT shoot one if you aren't out there.....guarantee.