After many years at this spot, at first with only bait and then and now a big part is the food plot, deer live elsewhere but come to the plot. A few years ago went there where deer still in ND, I counted 126 deer in front of me in the small opening one time without counting those in the trees, and twice I count 12 bucks at the same time within reach of my arrow. Yes every year for 20 years now my son and I could of shot a buck however that was not the goal. It was good. But then came the elk and the neighbor. db