^^^^ This is how we do it... it is a pain to plow as you state, only a couple places with a regular rectangular/square shape. I do leave a couple widths of grass growing on the edges for small game and birds. Has seemed to help the few quail we have.

This field is about 10 acres and we use to plant the whole field but since deer are clannish there was always an old doe that would run other does off the field. We started cutting out smaller fields separated by high weeds and now there are different family groups scattered all through the field. We can also get into our stands easier and a lot of deer bed in the high weeds along the edge of the fields. During the rut the bucks will move back and forth between fields. We have been planting the field since the early 80s so clover grows in the weeds and you will see deer feeding in and out of the weeds. We have sawtooth oaks planted all around the field.

I always preferred a small narrow shooting lane planted in the middle of nowhere.

Nice!

V & L

We have a few unique shaped plots at our place. I like the horseshoe plots and the turkey foot plots. A “v” shaped plot seems like it would be nice as well. I like the idea of the turkey foot plots bc it seems like it would keep the fields from being cleared every time a deer gets frisky and takes off running, but in reality, my experience is that they don’t help in that regard. I think the “v” shape may be more beneficial in that regard or just make your turkey foot more spread out. I do like how deer can be feeding close to one another but not be able to see each other. There always seems to be that doe in every area that like to run others off. Same with those young bucks.

I’d plan it around wind and entry/exit routes keeping in mind the most likely bedding areas near the plot. http://s782.photobucket.com/user/ju...-A9BA-CE495A0F8094_zpswm6nwlmy.jpeg.html

Have had the best results with very long and narrow plots. My favorite is 460 yards by 30 yards. For some reason we see more mature bucks in that plot than the rest.

One of our best stands is in what was once a single, large, crescent shaped field that we let grow up in the middle. The stand sits in the middle and you can see both plots. It is amazing to me how few of the deer visit both plots in the same day. They rarely cross from one to the other. It is like you are hunting two deer groups. It is also interesting that some days one field will fill up while the other does not. Just shows that timing matters. I do think we see more mature bucks now that the once large field is two smaller ones.