Hello farmhunter,
Ditch the soybeans and plant powerplant from Whitetail Institute. more protien, cover browse tolerant and produces tons of food. I own a habitat improvement company in South Jersey. I'm a union carpenter by trade, farmer, hunter, trapper, fisherman by choice. I hunt all over NJ, DE, MD, PA, NY, NH, and ME. What a variety of habitat. I have hunted deer in some awesome spots that you would never hear about in print. The pheasant shooting preserves that i trap, deer hunt and run my beagles on produce the biggest bucks, hold the most deer and even with all the upland bird shooters on adaily basis produce the most deer sightings per hunt average about 20. THey are planted in sudan grass, grain sorghum which would replace your corn. They are planted in wavy strips with new growth clear cuts( edge effect ) on all sides. In my opinion a chain saw is the best investment to a deer mangement program, selective cutting of junk trees to open up the forest floor for new growth. Remember deer are browsers not grazer they eat a little then go lay down to chew there cud. Usaully not far from food source. That is where the edge effect come into play. It produce ground cover between food and big woods security. Contact me if i can help in anyway! good luck and keep it simple.
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