I have experienced similar results as you, Scott, when the wind is rattling the corn or it is very wet. I walk perpendicular to the rows looking left and right. With maybe just a couple exceptions the encounters have been near the end of the corn rows and the deer facing towards the end of the row. This may speak to the theory that Whitetails like "edge" habitat.
What is really exciting is being part of an army driving a corn field. If you are a stander you can hear the deer coming way before you see them.
