Kind of an interesting scenario, I keep a clover plot adjacent to 7 acres of corn, well this year it's oats, but for years prior, just corn.
My thinking on growing corn in a plot would be that the smaller area of corn would be long gone before rifle season and mostly gone by archery season, around here, birds and squirrels can have a big impact on yield, last year every row I checked in that field, 1/2 or more was gone from the cob, used to be just the outside rows, you really need to get to optimum moisture level and get it in, which is not always the case due to weather, larger less isolated fields probably do better, but the birds like grackles when in flocks can really do some damage here, not to forget the squirrels, they run off with full cobs.
During archery season, I see regular traffic to the clover patch which is about 70' x 200', but rifle season, when that corn is still up, like last year, no deer in the field, right after it's cut and for awhile after, they're constantly in the corn, and not feeding in the clover which has gone dormant anyway, but from what I have seen, anything that is palatable, young fresh and green, you will see them feeding on, that's why I think corn would be short lived unless it's a large area like a field. I've hunted this spot for a lot of years and nothing beats traffic in freshly combine harvested corn, though you'll easily fill a tag from places like this, and the rest of the herd gets some good food, the older larger bucks rarely appear, you have to hunt the thicket and woods carefully or catch one chasing a doe in rut, I usually go for the sure thing, more interested in taking for food than anything.
Obviously you area is going to be different, but something to consider if the critters are as abundant as they are here, may have the same effect on corn, might be better to plant something that will last longer.
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