Hi everyone. I'm new to food plots, and don't know much about them, so I hope someone can help me. Let me first explain what I have to work with. I've got 110 acres predominantly hardwoods, beech, maple, cherry, with an area .25 acre in size open for a plot. For equipment I have an ATV with snow plow, 13HP lawn tractor, and homemade drag harrow (chain link fence), plus various hand tools. My questions are:

1. Is a plot .25 acre in size enough? Do I need to worry about dominant bucks pushing other bucks out?

2. With only the equipment I have, not much time to work on it, and a couple hundred bucks for seed, etc, what can I do to attract more deer and provide nutrition? Anyone here of No Plow or Secret Spot from Whitetail Institute? Will these work for me?

3. How often to plant? Cool season, warm season, or both?

I don't know my soil PH, or how its even done. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.