i have noticed that there are more deer making use of this area but the deer have not yet had to try to extend(stretch) to reach any buds from the new growth. sorry for being so vauge with my answer... i am not very good with scientific terms.
in a answer i feel that opening up some of these thicker sections of woods have given the deer a natural food source so that they(deer) will not have to over browse other areas.

hopefully we will try to open up a few more areas and see how it works out.