Congrats on the progress of the land. the deer will really tear up the turnips, they did on our property. We had some turnips the size of softballs and they had big hunks taken out of them. As for being a sanctuary for the deer, I can relate to that, my biggest deer came off a piece of land that was surrounded by other properties that the owners would allow Ohio hunters to come over and hunt the first two weekends of IN gun. The deer just flocked to the 96 acers for safety. Good luck this year.