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Something else that can be done in the above scenario to help balance the food/cover dynamic……is to simply convert some of the cover into open field……Some of the best places I’ve ever been had big 10-20+ acre fields everywhere……That doesn’t mean that they all have to be managed as a traditional food plot. It just means the area needs to stay in short plant structure less than knee high…….It represents food but not cover. Having big chunks of acreage in that type of situation really helps balance things out when there too much cover.

This idea of having to whay lay a bunch of does like its a chore in order to grow good forage is not really the right way to go about it if you have control of the habitat. There's also a soil "richness" factor at play in producing high quality forage but that's for another post.