Our family doesn't own a huge piece of property, we only have about 100 acres to work with. To spread the herd we planted clover plots randomly throughout. We don't hunt over the food plots because that takes away from the challenge of hunt. We are considering leaving some standing corn through the winter next year to help out the deer in case of another severe Maine winter. My question is are these bad strategies? We only plant to benefit the animals, Maine has some harsh winters, but if it is bad for them, we may consider dropping the whole plan.