The only thing I can add is that those pictures remind me of pine stands they used to have on the old Coosa WMA. Some of it was longleaf, but most was loblolly and it had never been burned. It just looked that way because of very poor soil fertility. And the deer didn't get very big, but turkeys did well and would start using the pines again long before they would in areas with better soil fertility.

I'm sure it looks a lot better in the summer. I would run a cool fire through that place soon, and then disc the flat places, and be real happy with it. Why would you want deer on your place anyway?