manuman

Don't rely on attracting the deer to you, go out and hunt for them where they are! After all it is called hunting. You might catch one there on a hot day, but do some scouting and walk the entire property to figure out the deer's patterns during each of the seasons and go after them. You need to recognize and then locate their natural food sources, and travel patterns, and then place your stands according to the prevailing winds, taking caution to draws and currents that may swirl your scent and or carry it to the direction they would be traveling. Then you need to distinguish from buck and doe trails and or sign, if you are pursuing bucks. If not, then any trail will produce at the right time and placement. Bedding areas, feeding areas also have to be identified.These are the challenges and the joy of actually hunting as opposed to attracting, feeding, overmanaging, etc.to produce a deer. It isn't illegal or wrong to do otherwise,and you may want to take that route, but it isn't the same approach at all.