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I have land in Price co . Wis . so I am interested in this subject. I dont think feeding the deer is a good idea this late in the year. If they are not in good enough shape now, they most likely are a weaker gene pool and sometimes I think this is mother natures way of keeping the toughest , healthiest deer in the herd. It also may over populate with s subsistence of food and over browse some tree species. In Price co. there is not a cedar tree that is not 50 yrs old. White pine get browsed to death there. The neighbors feed them all the time too , thinking a hay bale is going to help when the winter gets long. I believe their best friend id a chainsaw this time of year, and next year there will be young poplars by the millions . This is what we need in northern WIs, Mi. and Minn. One time I found a dead fawn buck in March on my neighbors yard up north. There was nothing wrong with it , no bullets , no nuthing. I can only conclude it ate too much grass cause of a very fast snow melt that year. It was a time when there were just too many deer and little browse in the woods. You are most likely better off leaving them alone, or shoot a coyote. Later, Ihookem. Also, the snow is getting deep in some places but the winter will most likely be a short one and 40 degree temps are called for most of this week. It is summer time for those deer. Laying in the sun with those coats, you could put a thermometer on their backs and it would be 70 in the sun.