I will agree, a KILL plot works best when its a PRIME food source saved for hunting season, also, NOT sure again where your at, but clover, is NOT the best KILL plot in MOST places, as to be honest clover is not very favored by deer come fall, its not very tender and a few frosts it puckers up
there are many other things that work better in MOST places for hunting over

NOW Clover is more of a BIG buck tool, as it greens up fast after winter and make a LOT of tonnage of food, which many SO called KILL plots don';t do, there job is basically to LURE deer in at hunting times and be the best food for that time of yr!

not that a clover plot is bad in any way, its not, its a great source of food and drawing and holding deer, as you can see
BUT if you have a CORN feeder, for an example, deer will come to it even long after the corn has gone away, out of habit and HOPE there is more corn again?

same will happen on a poor food plot that was once prime food, out of habit deer will visit, all the more so if there isn;'t better food near by
a poor clover plot is better than poor browse,
as is a poor food plot of about anything, over NO food plot

when you get into food plotting on a more serious side, you start to see the options out there, to make hunting time as prime as it can be over just ANY plot like deal

NOT bashing here, again, just offering some advice/info
and again, a lot has to do with where your at, here in NE PA< about mid OCT, clover is about done here, and that's before out rut even starts, other things draw and hold deer a LOT better!

next after food, or type is again, what food a are in your area to compete with you !
if your the ONLY good food source in your area, you win this
I draw deer from very far, due to only good food in the fall, my deer numbers come Jan, will triple or go higher, due to I have the ONLY crops standing
and a 1/2 mile from me, folks cry there are NO deer at all?? cannot find a deer track in the snow there>
deer need to eat GOOD 24/7/365, the better the food is, the farther they will travel and or move to get prime food!