I am trying to say not to believe everything you see and hear. Sure a food plot will help, we plant about 60 each year, but the factor of time for the buck to mature is far more important. I just don't think you can pour a couple of sacks of Buck Grub or any other feed out and expect to grow trophybucks because of it. With a penned area you can control all the factors to grow a trophy buck. By the way, I don't have or hunt in a pen.