If you're not sure who the hillbillies are, then it's probably you! :o)

It's hard to answer a question like this without knowing anything. I would imagine that if my front yard were 4 football fields long, I'd leave 3.75 football fields wild, and the area near the house manicured. Of course I'm imagining a forested area that would just look like "the woods" from the street. Nothing wrong with that, but like I say, hard to know without understanding the neighborhood better. Maybe a Google Earth photo of the region would help!

Good luck!

I would probably mow it like a roadside, only when it hits 3 or 4 feet tall, or the limits of your mower.

I would put in some nice red bud or dogwood trees. Not many just enough to punctuate the scenic points on the drive. (Sort of surprises at a turn) Also I would position them in a way that the blend in with the existing trees. As said previously I would mow out several feet on both sides of the drive.

You may also mow some areas so you have meadows with short grass so you can better see the deer, turkeys and etc. But make it look like it is a natural part of the area not a lawn.

Thanks for the responses! It gets a but marshy on the tree side as there is a creek there. But usually it's pretty dry

Meadow in a Can is made for these kinds of places, and contains lots of flowers that would do well in that kind of locale.

Which isn't to say that some spot landscaping with trees (like dogwood as mentioned above, or the red bud, or a fringe tree) wouldn't be very nice too. Or do both. :-)