I've been told deer don't like cattle. If deer are using a pasture and cows are brought in that the deer will move out and go else where. I've seen deer pass through a pasture, but not stay in one unless there were no cows in it.

I used to hunt a pasture. The back corner of it was up against a creek bottom and a rather large block of timber 1/2 mile from the road. Not very many hunters wanted to walk that far. Whichmade it agreat late season spot. Deer would bed in the corner of the timber where the creek bottom was. There was some oak tree's 100 yards from the bedding area that dropped acorns and they got hit heavy late in the season. Also there was a winter wheat field that was200 yards away. Only reason I started hunting that pasture was because I did not have permission to hunt the timber, and I watched the biggest buck I've ever seen chase a doe out of that corner of the pasture. Probably would have pushed 200" pretty easy. Never saw him again though.

Mark