My folks have about 2 acres with wheat on it which was planted last fall and ripened this summer. We've been told that the deer are in the plot eating the ripe wheat.

Has anyone else observed this behavior and do deer tend to prefer ripened wheat? The deer have plenty of natural forage to eat. Perhaps they have become conditioned to it?

The reason I'm asking is if the consensus is that deer prefer the ripe wheat, I'm not going to get in any hurry to disc it under. I like keeping them around, and there'll be plenty of winter wheat on adjacent properties come September.