I get corn in 50 lb bags at Agway. It is a feed store something like Tractor Supply. I buy cracked corn as this way I feed the birds and the squirrels with it and I use it all winter. Thankfully no deer here so I need not worry about that. I do have nice fat squirrels though from all the corn they eat all winter long. I just sprinkle it on ground. Morning Doves as well as other birds eat the corn also as well as squirrels.