Pure clover came up nicely but needed attention in the open to keep from getting scorched, peas were good even among some alder trees in a narrow clearing, but I would just plant a fakeout garden in the back forty. Deer seem to like a variety and I can't keep them from eating anything I plant. Even those tiny Thai chili's and jalapeņos got mowed to the ground. I have had the best luck with a 10 lb shaker bag of something from cabelas. It was a mixture of lentils, ryegrass, clover. It was the throw and go bag or something like that. Bio logic possibly. Just rake it in lightly and walk away.
I put 2 bags of "throw and grow" on my hill, they would eat it on the way through to my garden
planted apple trees, cherry trees, pear trees, ate the trees...
best thing to do IMHO is to go right now to Grocery Outlet and buy a bunch of rose bushes, the more the better.
Plant them, and forget them.
In a few years you will have a thick bramble patch the deer will love, bedding and feeding area...
no maintenance, no need to replant, and you have roses for the wife (if any survive)
You can plant just about anything else in the extra space, they will eat just about any plant you WANT to grow.
the more expensive first...
another thing I heard from a friend of mine who has a resident herd on his property, they prefer his well water to the creek and river water, will jump the creek and walk into his yard to drink from his kids swimming pool,
