Making farm more attractive during archery season

[BearCreek]

Your farm seems extremely dialed in. Makes me wonder about successive EHD outbreaks. Bucks are one thing, but you should be loaded with does with that setup.
You can install an alfalfa plot without baling. My plot is mowed (bush hog) 3-4 times a year and has not been hampered by duff/debris. I was surprised how resilient it is. May want to plant a grazing variety. Get PH right ("high") and keep well fertilized (micros can be important).

Sligh's point about corn is well taken, standing beans can compete with corn in the bitter cold(imo), but a freshly cut corn field is an immediate and lasting draw in my neck of the woods.

You could also try adding cover crops to any empty ag fields. This can pull deer away from your other plots and I am still experimenting with the best "deer" cover crop. Used pure oats this year which is easier on farmer as they should frost out and no need to spray/terminate in spring. I have found that large fields of wheat were almost too attractive to deer in November, but that might be the ticket for you.

What type of oak trees do you have?

 

[DMarley83]

I agree looks as if you are on the right tract. Also agree with corn. I typically like to do 2/3s corn 1/3 beans and then fertilize heavy.... Rotate the beans into 1/3 of the corn. Always have a good amount of corn that way and avoid a slow year.

Also the greens inside the beans is usually fantastic tactic.

In a nut shell Patience is probably the most important. It's less than par all over.

It sounds as your imedent area is above average for cover and #s will increase with time.

IMO we don't influence near as much as we think we do and it sounds your doing the most important and not being in it all the time.

Set it up with plenty of food. Hunt the fringes, and enjoy what you have. It's a blessing.