The one property I hunt near Oneonta, NYis in a similar situation. It is surrounded by 1800 acres of public land. We have 160 acres there. We are 6 years into QDM and are taking as many does as we can, and have probably 5 acres of food plots (7 plots total) and just this year we are really seeing the difference there with encounters of 4 different bucks in the 3.5 year old class so far this year. Honestly this year we are seeing more 1.5 year old or better bucks than we are seeing 1.5 years old or older does. It takes a while though.