Answerguy, I'm in Maryland. I think if a herd of deer all had the same home range, and I owned it, planting plots would take pressure off of natural vegetation. Otherwise, anything we do to pull deer from other properties will increase consumption of the native plants on our property. The food plot industry might sell a different story. My objective is to draw a mature buck to my property as a post-rut food source. I have a mature buck in the area now, but I don't expect to see him till late November or early December.