Turkeymaster, as cnc has already said, plant multiple plantings. I like sunn hemp, buckwheat and pea's. Milo is a great addition that has some attraction as well.The deer seldom eat all the buckwheat and grasses and weeds will fill in where they've eaten the pea's down. With the right conditioned soil, you can still grow great fall plots without a lot of thatch, you just need more rain.