Another question to add to this thread:
Do deer prefer their food plots (and deer feeders) in open areas with long sight lines, or in dense cover where they are out of the wind and out of view?
Thanks, FishinRod
Somewhere in between/some of both, in my experience. For daytime activity I don't typically see deer more than about 50' from cover, but as long as they have cover on one side they don't seem to mind open ground in the other 3 directions.
I am working on getting a small chunk of land near my house and, if that goes through, I'm planning to develop that around an L-shaped plot about 80' wide and 250-300' on each leg with a permanent stand at the intersection. Based on how I've seen deer use other plots, I think that design could really maximize the bowhunting effectiveness of a fairly good sized plot.
