VT, you would almost have to see the land to understand the layout. If they do a thorough burn the area of the property I hunt on will look like a nuclear missle hit it. There will be about a 30 square acre area of absolutely nothing with my best stand right in the middle. The only wooded tract is divided by a road bed where we all park. We also have a camper parked in the wooded section. All four sides of our lease are bordered by other hunt clubs.

The one big plus in this situation is the fact that I will have more food plot areas than I will know what to do with. Now on to that question.

Last season my son and I saw over 40 deer and only took 2 of them. Neither of them were in the food plot. The reason I plant the food plots is to give the deer the nutrition they need to be healthy and produce larger racks. Yes, I do feed some corn during the winter months but rely on the food plots for a quality winter food source while other foods are scarce. With 3/4 of our land being cutover the deer have all they want to eat during the spring and summer but there' s very little for them to eat during the winter. Since we started the food plots we have seen a definate increase in the health of our deer.