HMMMMMMMmmm....... Only $200 for 3 acres?

Do you have any farming activities nearby? What corps do they plant. Remember you will have to compete with them.

As to what to plant? Many farm supply stores sell New Zealand Clover, the main ingrediant in many "patent deer foods", for a fraction of what you will pay for them.

Late summer of 2000, I planted a trial plot of WhiteTail Clover, with the one side being the New Zealand Clover, and the deer eat them equally.

Landino Clover is also another GOOD clover, and much lower cost than the "patent foods".

Clovers will not do well in a section only 10 yards wide between trees. I have some planted between trees, and get very little growth within 5 - 8 yards of the trees.

One thing I planted, was BioLogic Full Draw, and in the 2 locations I planted it, the deer pay no attention to it, and go for only the clover plots.

If you have a 2 - 3 acre area, really a nice size plot, I would suggest that you plant part of it in soy beans for the protene, and for crop rotation. Your clovers will need to be replanted every few years, and it will be good to rotate the plots.

When mowing your plots, make sure that you mow them at a time that you will have seveal inches of growth throughout the winter, as now the deer are pawing thru the snow to get to my clover plot.