I used to have an apple orchard about a half mile to the West of me, and there is a 400 acre park to my East. About 100 acres of the park is a bike trail the rest is thick woods. The 2 were connected by a creek that runs thru my property. The deer would travel thru the creek bottom every evening to feed on the apples and the rest of the veggies grown there.

Now the apple orchard only grows $400,000 homes.They bulldozed every single apple tree out. Add to that, there are some new neighbors in my subdivision that let their dogs run loose and I don't see near as many deer around the neighborhood these days.

Now they have no reason to leave the park. Except to visit my food plot once in a while.

I also had an older couple that would let me hunt their property, just down the road. It has lots of oak trees on it and the deer would pile into their yard to feed on acorns. Now a young couple with 3 kids and 2 German Shepards live there. Not even worth asking anymore.