KnA
Myfirst suggestion would be to start reading some books on the subject there are some good ones out there. I would start with the book by Niel Dougherty it is called Grow'em Right. I now will tell you I have 300 acres of private landin wny that I maintain about 7 acres of food plots on for the last 4 years with marginal results for the effort put in. We do see more deer and a few more 2.5 yr. old bucks but very few to no mature trophy bucks so I would keep your expectations on the low side. I think our biggest problem is the hunter mentality on the surronding propertys which are all private land's, They just kill any buck they see and alot of them and there is not much you can do to convince them to change.I also will tell you if you hunt right on these food plots to much the deer will become nocturnal and not use them during legal hunting hours. I would suggest to hunt the travel routes they use from bedding ares to the food plots and never hunt them when the wind is wrong for the setup you plan to hunt. If you do not hunt smart and clean you will educate the deer in your area very fast and they will realize in a hurry that these are not places to eat just places to get killed.
Good Luck
Gene

Buy the way if you want a trophy I think your best shot is to save your money and travel to where there are a higher density of trophy animals as the saying goes location, location, location.