Maybe you got the right idea June, not fussing with stuff.
Yes the deer will eat veggie and fruit, not citrus, scraps, they like cabbage, and are not too fond of fuzzy leaved stuff like radish tops. I know this because we used to feed them when we lived in New Denver in the Kootenays.
A deer jumped the fence into the back yard again last night and cleaned out the bird feeders, little bugger, and we had strayed with the blood meal too..