I see a friendly debate brewing here���.

If you are wanting more deer on your property, then I completely disagree with this idea that you only want a couple food plots. The only way I�d have two food plots is if they were huge, like 15-25 acres each or something. On 200 acres, I�d ideally like to see 40 ish acres in open plantable fields. Pressure on a small parcel is what makes deer harder to hunt�.not having 7 or 8 food plots. Doe groups do not move around across large areas. They find a food source and bed right next to it, moving back and forth a short distance from bedding to feeding. The way to create more deer on smaller acreages is to create more food sources that each have their own associated bedding area with them. Each bedding area will then fill up with its own doe group or groups, working back and forth between the bedding and food. The more of these situations you can create�.the more you will increase the carry capacity for doe groups. As long as the doe groups aren�t heavily pressured then they will readily show themselves in the fields. Then you hunt the bucks that are traveling from one doe group to another checking for hot does.. If the doe groups aren�t pressured and move freely during the daylight�.then they will tow that buck right out into the open come rut.

Only having a couple small food plots will limit late season food and create competition�.limiting the amount of doe groups that your property will hold.