Beyond that your soil type is critical in determining what will be successful. If you have clay, loam, sand, etc. some plants will thrive and others will struggle.
How wet is the soil? How much sunlight does it get? Both have impacts.
What are your objectives? Do you want to provide early forage to help the deer recover from winter? The highest quality forage available ro up your odds during hunting season? Provide high energy forage in the winter to help the deer survive?
It can be as simple as frost seeding clovers by hand in the spring and hoping for the best but the more thought and preparation you put in ahead of planting will pay off in the long run.
You will also get a lot of advice about seed. Don't believe that the co-op seed is the same as QUALITY seed that has science behind it. On the other hand don't believe the hype of the really expensive seed with the fancy bag with the big bucks. Germination rate, mixes that compliment each other, age of the seed, and plenty of other factors make the difference.
Major points as already mentioned soil test, I wasted much money on fert when lime was more important. Beginner plots look at winter rye (not rye grass) oats, some clovers depending on ph. Over priced buck on bag mixes are actually practical in my opinion when starting out and don't need to buy bulk amounts.
Don't use throw and grow if you ever intend to have serious plots. The Gulf annual rye grass is a nightmare to get rid of in years to fallow.
One mix for first plots I like is sucraseed sweet spot. It's a high sugar rye grass that's different from the cheap rye grass. It's a perennial and deer actually eat it. Easy to establish and has some clover and chicory in the mix as well. I remember grandpa ray has a certain mix with the same high sugary rye. I used this as my lawn at a place in upper Michigan. I don't need to mow grass anymore as the deer take care of it. In a ag area it likely wouldn't be as much of a draw
Buy a nice sprayer and a lawn dethatcher (assuming you have a quad to pull it) to start. I've got lots of toys but those basic ones are most important and best of all their cheap....
again warning it can be real addictive, may spend far more than you want to down the road.
