That habitat does look good, but the average cattle man in Alabama doesn’t have the acreage that the farms in Texas have. I would guess that most cattle farms here are 200-500 acres and usually not in one block, whereas out west 10s of thousands of acres aren’t out of the norm. Other than East Texas, you are looking at 8-100+ acres per cow/calf pair out west, where here you can run a pair per 2 acres. If habitat was your main goal, you could always run less numbers and be able to do your patch burns. But profit margins on cattle are so slim as it is, that the majority of them wouldn’t be able to afford the loss. Not to mention the initial cost of fencing, working facilities, equipment, hay, mineral, vaccines, etc. It sounds like a good idea, but I just don’t think it would work here very easily. If I had the place and money to manage strictly for wildlife, I wouldn’t worry about the hassle of running cattle on it.