I top sow some wheat for doves every year, and there's always enough left to come up and make a decent deer plot. But I don't have many doves, so your area may be different. You can put out 200 lbs per acre, which is way more than needed for just planting a field. Be advised that feed wheat would be illegal; the rules say it has to be seed wheat. That would be tough for a GW to prove, but the seed wheat is usually only about a dollar a bag more and you won't have as high risk of bad weeds.

I have never had any of the wheat survive more than a few days after maturing. Every critter in the country will come eat it, and I don't have anything. I think a strip for top sown wheat is a good idea in any dove field. I've seen them pass up corn and millet to eat wheat. Good luck!