Joel; as strange as it may sound a good growth of forbs (weeds to most people) will give you erosion control and are part of the deer' s standard diet. You can just enrich it with some clover or other legume to make it more tempting. Even if you plant a crop in that location, if you don' t tend it the weeds will move in anyways.

Examples; chickory, goldenrod.

Dan O.