Deer hunters are defending proposals to provide emergency feed to deer, which are believed to be endangered by the effects of a severe winter in much of Minnesota; but a soon-to-be released study by the Department of Natural Resources, finds last year's highly publicized emergency deer feeding program was costly and not very effective. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports from Duluth: The study of last year's emergency deer feeding program finds that the one-point-two million dollar effort reached only a small percentage of the state's deer herd, but took an inordinate amount of time and personnel from other DNR wildlife and programs. Emergency deer feeding is not an effective policy, according to Dave Schad, DNR Wildlife Program Manager