Steve,

I had some great days with the guys at Weller Mountain!  Wow, that’s been almost 20 years ago.  I strongly prefer wheat more than rye grain.  Wheat is usually less expensive, usually more palatable to deer, and pending on the variety just as cold hardy.  I never plant rye grass (compared to rye grain) as rye grass is very difficult and expensive to remove from a plot and becomes non-palatable to deer long before wheat does.  Wheat that is appropriately fertilized is very palatable and nutritious to deer during the fall, winter and early spring.

Growing Deer together,

Grant