Experienced Bean planters:

I would broadcast winter wheat just as the beans start turning yellow and before a rain unless your deer eat brassicas.I also had great luck this year with Real World beans and will be planting the new enlist beans this year from Real World.
 
It depends....mostly upon your deer density. My property is one mile long and I have 2 distinct deer herds. On the north end where my property is adjacent to a farm that kills a lot of deer during the summer on crop damage permits, the deer density is much lower so I can sometimes get away with planting and not fencing, whereas on the south end I would really need to fence my beans to get any pods out of them. On the other hand, I can plant beans on the south end to give the deer some early season forage, knowing that I will be planting brassicas over the top of them in mid-July to get some late season forage.

This is a 2 acre plot on the north end where there is a lower deer density after having been pounded on crop damage permits all summer - October 16th

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The same plot on December 5th - still quite a few pods left...

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Smaller plots need to be E-Fenced - no question about it.

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2+ acre plot on the south end on July 30th. If your beans get pounded like this you will be double cropping like I do...

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Exclusion cages will definitely tell you the story...

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All is not lost though, as you can broadcast brassicas over top of the heavily foraged beans just prior to a rain event and get a decent crop of brassicas after the beans...

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I have even had good success broadcasting brassicas into standing corn...

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I really doubt you have two different deer herds in a 1 mile distance. More likely, deer consider food sources on one end of your property higher risk and lower risk at the other end. The location of a food plot does make a big difference even when the deer density in the area is fairly high. For example, soybean plots along high use roads and near buildings with a lot of human activity will get much less deer use than a similar plot that is more secluded with good escape cover nearby, so your general point is well taken.
 
I think you could have two or more different family groups. If they have what they need close by why would they need to travel---maybe they go farther during the rut, maybe not. Good quality deer plots in bad locations won't get as much daytime use but will get used(probably during the night time). jmho.
 
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