I call it Plan C
C for corn and coons
I dispense so little corn out of the feeders that it is nothing more than a short snack for the deer. If they want some of the corn they better show up shortly after the feeder goes of or it will be gone pretty quickly. I used to spread corn on the ground and it would be consumed in one night and I'm not real high on feeding large amounts of corn to individual deer. The cams show they would just eat and eat and eat. Not what I wanted to do, can't be great for the deer, at least according to some of the experts.
The last few years I have gone away from dumping corn on the ground and have put up automatic feeders. Some of the older bucks come to a feeder periodically, some don't visit very often at all.
The way the deer approach a feeder for the first time is much different that how they approach a corn pile. They are pretty skittish with a feeder and take a long time to actually get underneath it and start feeding. It is obvious on the cams which deer are seeing the feeder for the first time. A spread out corn pile is not reacted to the same way.
Just my opinion, if I want to try and attract a buck I use the Purina deer blocks(not mineral blocks)and just 3-5 lbs of corn spread out around it. It takes deer many many days to consume a deer block. The best block locations have proven to be in cover, 50-100 yds from a feeder location. The bucks can see the feeder location, watch other deer, but many never go the feeder but will visit the block all by their lonesome somewhat often.
My corn purchases have gone way down, 200 lb in a feeder will last 6 weeks. My block purchases have gone way up over the years.
This is one a videoed the first day of MZ season two years ago visiting a block feeder set up. I got a lot of video of this buck that MZ season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGDQ5MQ6htY