A nasty thicket is prime deer territory If that is what you want, good deer hunting.
Thick big woods is not good for deer bedding. I would consider burning after year one, then every 3-5 years just enough to keep it great deer bedding.
I like this. But hedge your bet. Plant clover in the fall with wheat (or rye). Then frost seed last snow also. I find with clover you can never plant too much, but can plant too little.
Also like seen in this thread, sometimes clover plantings in fall are a bust for one reason or another.
1. Those clear cut pockets can be great. I have them all over my farm. You are right they can be difficult to hunt.
2. Hopefully those strips will hide the atvs
3. Chicken coups often increase the predators. Keep your thermal cooking those yotes.
Last night.