Spring fed streams
Alfalfa, beans and corn
Abundant and quality deciduous browse.
I take whitetail roasts, chops and hamburger to my relatives in Montana every fall when I hunt there. They all love it compared to the Mule deer that are killed in the Missouri breaks and ranch land. I have to admit I find both almost equally delicious. I do find a taste difference between mountain mulies and ranch land mulies and the same could be said of whitetail dining on non-deciduous browse and those on farm land.