ok all! Finally I got a few minutes.
Heres my situation. I have a large food plot. It is near the road tho- old dirt road, tons of noise when car/truck goes down it. I rarely have deer feeding in this plot during the day. I have hung a camera just about every place you can hang them. Ive hunted it, my uncle had hunted it, we just are not seeing the deer.
My solution:
Make the large field a Apple Orchard, at 20ft apart I could probably get 25-35 trees in this field, give or take. I want enough room in-between rows to be able to run the tiller, and put in a lite clover, brassica, oats mix every year.
Below this plot is some decent cover, however I dont think the deer are bedding in it due to the surronding property being 800acres of clear cut. I am thinking about dozing about an acre below the future orchard. So its hidden from the road, and makign this a maing plot with turnips, clovers, etc.
What do yall think?