We have five acres in the country and at one time had a trail cam just to see pics of deer back in the pasture...  We just put in a 3/4 acre pond and sewed grass seed and have some nice grass coming up.  Wife and I just found some small deer tracks back there and was thinking of putting an automatic feeder up (I bought one a couple years ago on clearance, still in the box).... question is.. how do I get them started coming in?  Should I just be putting some on the ground at first to get them coming in regularly?  

PS I know it's illegal to bait during season in my state, that's not what I'm trying to do.... We just want to watch them..... maybe next year I'll pull the feeder out before season and put a nice one in the freezer, but at this point we, just want to enjoy them.... any advice or food recommendations would be great... thanks!

Thanks a million!  We'll give it a try.... Do you think just corn will work here? I'm in Indiana.... there is corn everywhere! LOL Like the jello idea!  And here in Indiana baiting is a big no-no even on private land.

One man's passion is another man's poison.  I dodged two on the way into work this morning and my son hit one a week ago, I wish I knew how to run them off.  I do remember when it was a big treat to see one though.

To actually try and answer the question though, a neighbor used to sow a small patch of winter wheat.  The deer *really* liked something green in the winter.