I have seen deer go from no sightings in a wide open field for years to letting it grow up on rotating cutting basis and seeing way more deer in it.

if it was mine. id go for like a turkey foot shaped shooting lane design. Plant the lanes and let the between parts grow up and rotate each yr which area I cut. Say far left gets cut this yr. middle next yr, and far right 3rd yr. That would keep out unwanted trees from getting too big but lets the other stuff create a screening.