Use barbed wire, and I would use five wires. Set the lowest wire about 21" high, and the highest wire about shoulder high. Does and fawns will crawl under, bucks will most likely jump over, and as long as the cattle can't stick their heads between the wires, they should leave it alone. Also, make sure it is braced and stretched taught, or the cattle will simply push it over.

Results for food plots vary with locations. East of I-35, a lot of things will work. From there, your options become more and more limited as you move west. I'm from Throckmorton County, and the commercially marketed food plot blends I have seen people try haven't done so well. Most require more rain than we get here. Wheat will work most years for a winter plot, but summer plots are hit and miss. This year was an el nino year, and the extra precipitation it brings will make a lot of things work. If this is followed by a la nina, you are better off keeping the feeders full.