TR you're right about about the lime but the 2 tons the Whitetail Institute recommends is a general recommendation. It's critical to soil test and determine, as you say, how much lime is necessary. It's so quick and easy to soil test. Don't try to guess when your hunting season may depend on it. By testing you can improve your chances of success by 75% or more if your soil is overly acidic.

If it requires lime and you're late in applying it. Add 30% more lime than the soil test calls for and throughly disk it in. Extra disking has seemed to be the difference for me. The more time I mix the lime the better the plot and the quicker the pH is corrected.