I have hazelnut, the deer never touch it.
A deer's diet varies from place to place.
A few red Oiser dogwood, more grey dogwood and pagoda dogwood tho.
Again, the deer don't really mess with it.
In my place Red Maple and Oaks are probably tops browse.

I am thinning my woods heavily and planting the opened areas with native grasses and forbs that favor open woodlands.
I then burn yearly to keep brush and seedling trees at bay.
I am not doing anything to purposely attract or encourage deer, I have too many as is.
The woody browse is almost non-existent after I go thru an area.
I'll tell you tho that from March to June I have deer all over the place.
They love all the flush spring growth that open woodlands and burning encourage.

Hinge cutting have its place for creating overhead cover in making bedding areas if your woodland needs them for deer. It has worked for me in bringing deer into bedding in places where they weren't before where I wanted them. Mostly does and yearlings, Bucks seem much more critical of where they bed, at least in our pressured hunting zone.

Hinge cutting is great for funneling deer movement, creating bedding, and creating browse. Only difference between the three is the height at which you hinge the tree, and there’s absolutely overlap between the three.

I’d just caution that people don’t go hinge cut their woods all willy nilly. Know your tree ID, understand trees that sucker well, and avoid cutting mast trees. It can be a powerful tool when used right.

'Anyone planting woody browse this spring?