My little piece of property has 13 acres of formerly agricultural fields that are now in CREP. Of the 13 acres, about 9 are in the last grasses from haying - mostly timothy. The other 4 are planted in clover, wheat, sorghum and turnips. The CREP contract states that food plots are ok but nothing can be harvested. The fields can only be mowed every three years in July or August. I have been hunting from an elevated blind for the past three years and have yet to shoot anything from the food plots. I have shot one doe crossing a saddle from one patch of woods to the other and missed several deer with my flinchlock. My point is that food plots are no way to alter a deer's natural habits. If you think hunting over a food plot is a magic ticket to punching your tag, try it sometime.