I am sorry to hear you are a fellow NY'er lol
I am just south of Syracuse, there are a few other NY'ers on here, which is helpful when trying to get particular trees suited for our climate. I am a noob compared to some of the guys on here that I admire for their knowledge and accomplishments. But... 5 years ago I was where you are today feeling like an artist with a blank canvas and unsure what to paint. I probably took the hard route in my ideology but felt it was the right direction given my circumstances. I only own 30 acres so I lack the ability to have it all, ideally I would have things like a sanctuary but lack the acreage (and discipline to stay off an area of my property lol).
You have more to work with here so hopefully it will be easier for you to get where you want to go. Being a small land owner I made my principal ideology simple, grow things that none of my neighbors for miles around me have, I always tried to incorporate things that my family can eat as well (it never hurts to have a grocery store in the back yard). Things like Persimmon, Pecans, Pears, Chestnuts, Hazelnuts and Plumbs are things that certainly attract deer and will grow here in NY unless you are way up north. I also planted a bunch of different browse/berries that acts twofold and creates cover like dogwood and High bush Cranberry. I can't tell from your picture but a well rounded property also has some sort of thermal cover like pines that create shade in the summer and windbreaks in the winter. Although Oaks are native to NY, I only know of a few mature ones within 10 miles of my house/property so I also planted a bunch of those and have about 200 more northern varieties of acorns and Pecans in my fridge that will be planted this spring, I acquired those through a generous member on this site. After those are planted I will have pretty much planted myself out of room, I did leave a small area for a food plot but it will be less than 2 acres and I am surrounded by Ag fields so I am doing it to help with the diversity and "hoping" that I am creating a staging area for deer that are moving to/from the big fields. I also tried to tailor my plantings to drop times that align with Deer season, places like Blue Hill Nursery and a few others like Mossy Oaks Nativ Nursery help achieve that. But always bear in mind when they advertise drop time in October/November, that is the drop time for where the nursery is. Blue Hill is in Pennsylvania and I am in NY so sure the drop time in PA is Oct/Nov but 100 miles north is more like Sept/Oct.
I am aware that planting things like Persimmons, I am taking a risk that our late frosts wont kill the flowers every year or that our growing season might not be long enough to produce sizable nuts/fruits but for some things its worth the risk if it does pays off, I would be the only one in my area offering Persimmons. A great resource for us NY'ers is the DEC Seedling sale that starts taking orders the first week of January every year, I will look up the link ad post it in this comment. Their source is the Saratoga Springs Nursery that resides in a slightly colder region than I am in, so if they can grow it I can too and don't have to worry about grow zone compatibility. Technically the map says I am zone 5 but its more like zone 4 temps in the winter so when looking for things to order I shoot for zone 4 things to be safe. The DEC offers a pretty good variety from year to year, it seems to work in 3-4 year cycles with things like Allegheny Chinquapins that grow more like a tall bush or a small tree, but start producing a small nut closer to a Chestnut than an acorn in flavor but begin producing nuts in 5-7 years after planting. Where my Dunstan and Chinese Chestnuts will be more like 15-20 years before they ever produce so there are a few shortcuts so to speak, and the Allegheny's should be offered next year through the DEC.
Information on aquatic plant management, protected native plants of New York State, endangered plants species, the New York Big Tree Register and the Saratoga Tree Nursery.
www.dec.ny.gov