Welcome Veg!
But I come here in peace. I didn't come here to yell at you guys (and gals) for hunting. I don't like it, I don't eat meat (please don't bug me on this, it was my choice and I'm not going to change my mind)...however, I can't really stop everyone from hunting, so I'll just ask you all real nicely to please try and make it a clean kill, don't let the animal suffer and track down your wounded animals.
First I'll start by say it's fine to be a veg. I'm a steak and potatos guy but like vegitables too. As far as clean kills, That's what I strive for and I'm certain you'll be hard pressed to find a hunter who goes looking to wound game.
I agree with the others who say
"Don't feed the deer". Feeding deer, espically with corn is not all that good for deer and can have negative impacts on thei digestive system.
If you want to increase deer sightings a good place to start is to develope a wildlife management plan. Figure out what you want to accomplish and how you'll set about doing it. Since you don't hunt and it sounds like you just want to see more animals the first thing you'll want to accomplish is to make your property more appealing to the animals you want to frequent it. If you like to watch deer and Turkey, a clover plot would be a good place to start. Both deer and turkey prefer clover as a food source. It's also high in protein, very nutritious and will be avaiable when other food sources are not.
A good summer annual plot would be a product like Imperial Powerplant. The deer will feed in it all time of day durring the summer months up until mid September when the frost kills it. Don't fool yourself though, Food plots take a lot of work but if you have access to farm equiptment it will greatly facilitate the creation of food plots.
Another way to imporove habitat is to fertalize natural browse that already exist on your property. Also thinning out mature trees to open the canopy and promote fresh growth. If you have some acerage where you can clear a an area of forrest (1/2 acre would be plenty) and plant a variety of browse such as raspberry and honey suckle and just let it go. It will grow into a nasty tangled all but inpenertable mess and the deer will absolutely love it.
If you visit the Wildlife Management forum you'll find post from lots of people doing their part to create additional and more appealing habitats for whitetails and turkey. I'd certainly be glad to give and tips or pointer that I have learned along the way.
Good luck with your project.
Adams