I have a piece of property I hunt that's about 400 acres. I've hunted it for 4 years now. The bulk of it has always been overgrown (unfarmed) swail. The fields consist of probably 60-70% of the land. In the 4 years I've been there, nobody has farmed it. Except for this year when Joe farmer (leases the land to farm from landowner) decides he wants to come on opening day of bowseason and cut all the swale. Then he decided to plow the fields 4 different ways for the next 4 weeks. But that's a whole different story of why I didn't have a very good bowseason lol.
My question is, he is planting corn or soybeans or both in the spring. I usually poke around in the winter a little and early spring scouting deer. Is it even worth driving by the land until the crops are planted and growing? They will probably completely change their routes won't they? What do you think the effect on the deer in that area will be with the land being primarily a bedding area for so long and now having food on it? I don't know if I'm glad or not with the food coming in. I had the joint pretty figured out the way it was.