the surrounding areas are wooded just like mine, my area is a little more thinned out considering i had some trees removed about 3 yrs ago. i'll do the salt licks nvr tried them before. not sure what teh neighbors are doing but i think there doing corn feeders. do you think like planting a small area with like clovers might help? or would it be a waste of time. i was also going to get some corn feeders that run off of timers. but i don't know. with all the acorns in the area i don't know if anything else could would intise them.