Yeah Steve, we are expecting a rough winter for our deer herds also. The snow is very deep, which makes it treacherous for the deer, but perfect for the yotes:rolleyes:.
I have been out a lot in our suburban hunting area, and our rural hunting areas, and have not found any winter kill...yet.
I have spent a lot of time hinge cutting saplings for the deer on our upstate land and from weekend to weekend, those twig tips have been devoured. We can't feed in NY so , this is the best we can do to help the herd. In suburbia, there is a lot of landscaping for the deer to eat, so there rarely starve like their upstate counterparts.
Here is an article on this topic for our area.
http://www.nyoutdoornews.com/articles/2009/02/26/top_news/news02.txt