RE: will houses hurt my deer
There's one 10 acre tract I hunt that used to have deer traveling through it.....a GREAT funnel. Then.....they built a new development across the road.
Now.....they STILL use it as a funnel.....but they've narrowed their travel route to match the new smaller patches of trees (that they utilize for cover). They've adapted.....and they're now even easier to pattern.
It "could" work to your advantage. Don't think negatively, right off the bat.