GMMAT, I think you're in NC? I live in VA and have had plots on the tidewater, piedmont, and mountain areas. I've found clover does ok if you at least scar the surface. They suggest a 1/4" coverage, which isn't much. I usually will plant winter wheat as a buffer crop to protect the tender clover shoots from browse. I have had ok success with wheat just broadcast on bare ground but not with clover, you do lose a lot to birds, and turkey's will even pull the young shoots. Plant the wheat two weeks before the clover to allow them to take the brunt of the browsing until they get established. I also mix perennial and annual clover, (ladino, crimson, dutch white).