One solution is to let nature take its course. One of our places burned on November,2005. It was a fast moving fire driven by 50 mph winds. It killed about 1/3 of the mature oak trees.Now there is oak brush 6-8 feet tall around the dead trees.The placehas 40 acres ofbig bluestem grass:It is 5-7' tall this year. Deer often bedin the grass under a cedar tree. We sometimes cut and bale the grassbut wealwaysleave big patches for game cover.There is alsoabig greenbrier andscrub oakthicket that the deer bed and hang out in. That thicket is adjacent to twoshallowravines that the deer travel in.We never go there.There are always8-10 deer on that 80 acre place. Many more pile in when hunting season starts. We do have somegame plots planted in oats: The deer are hitting them hard now.