IM FROM LOUISIANA SO OUR CLIMATE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MILDER THAN YOURS. I PLANT CORN EVERY SPRING IN LATE APRIL AND LEAVE MOST OF IT STANDING FOR THE DEER, I BUSHHOG SOME OF IT FOR SHOOTING LANES AND THEN CHOP THOSE LANES AND PLANT WITH A CLOVER/RYE GRASS MIX. THE DEER ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. I ALSO PLANT PEAS, EITHER IRON CLAY OR COW PEAS, USUALLY IN JUNE AND THEY LAST WELL INTO BOW SEASON FOR US.