RE: What to Plant?
I have numerous plots every season, as you know, but my most effective "hunting" plots always have RR Soybeans in 'em. The deer will feed on the leaves all summer and and then smack the beans during hunting season as well as revisit the bean plots during the late season. If you're speaking of planting this late than soybeans or a species of forage soybean would be a great choice in my humble opinion. If it was a bit earlier than I'd have strongly suggest you try a RR soybean and a RR Corn mixture like Bio-Maxx, it's quickly becoming my favaorite food plot forage! Not only does the mix provide awesome nutrition and attrcation with it's forage soybeans but the cornacts as an awesome screening cover that allowthe deer to feel totally confident to feed whenever they like.
I've tried numerous Forage Oats plots but never felt like my areas deer were as attrcated as what they should have been, especially compared to others reports on the fourms. In other words, Icertainly never thought it was awesome enough to rename "The Kill Plot".
I'm also a fan of clover but other than being an awesome healthy treat for my animals to get them through the Spring and Summer stress periods they seem to abandon it's usuage shortly after the season opens in favor of the more traditional Ag crops.
It's clear that everyone will have different experiences and preferences from their local herds so the best thing you can do is experiement some.
Good luck