I'm only offering my opinion here, and it's based soley on reason. I'm not so sure that would work anyway. It seems to me that the deer use that BECAUSE of how thick it is. It is my feeling that if you clear even a small area, the deer will just avoid it, sticking the thicker pines.

IMO, the better option would be to consider that a bedding area and hunt the edges of it. Put the wind in your favor and set up catching them coming into and out of the pines.