I built both of our condo stands here on the edge of the woods. The only time we go past them is when we're retrieving something
that's dead, the occasional brush clearing exercise to keep shooting lanes open, and a few times in the spring when I dive in there to pick morels.

That said, my bait pond is 20 yards away from my condo, and the does come out in the field back there three or four times a week,
in spite of my being back there to toss pellets every day during warm weather, so they're used to seeing me. They're not quite
back yard tame, but they aren't crazy wild either.

The bucks, on the other hand, I rarely see them. The older they get, the wiser they get, which keeps them out of sight most of the time.

Some places hold deer, some places they just pass through between bedding and feeding areas, some places just don't have many.

If you can get a few food plots going close to water and cover you should start seeing more deer.