That is a great plan Deck78. Love the different approaches to dealing with the pines based on the situation.
When we plant pines for habitat, first we plant them only in small patches (1-4 acres), just to provide 'something different" for the deer to utilize in windy, rainy, snowy conditions. Then we plant them at a wide spacing (10' x 10') to allow a lot of other plants to germinate in that location. However, I have to admit, by 25 years of age, even these practices can't stop the pines from becoming a mono-culture with little undergrowth. Then the pines have to either be thinned or removed.