RE: any advise
I recently saw a show "Get in the Game" on the Outdoor Channel that discussed selective clearing of trees. Sorry don't know which show #, but they were using a herbicide called "arsenal". What they were doing was cutting into the tree witha hatchet and spraying the herbicide into the cut. Basically killing unwanted trees to open the understory to allow light to reach the forest floor to let the more desirable trees to grow and also allowing natural vegitation to grow. Claims that it makes the property more desirable to deer. The recommended trying it on like 5% of property total. Also what kind of land is around your property? Similar? Open fields? What are your neighbors doing? Are they interested in deer management? If they have food plots then planting the same may not make yours more desirable to deer. Just a thought.