Thanks for taking the time to hear my troubles.
Don' t think of it as a trouble. You have a great opportunity to learn a diff. and challenging way to hunt. There is a lifetime of knowledge to be had about hunting these great animals. There is soooooo much more to learn than just throwing some apples out and waiting.
Take this as a chance to better yourself as a deer hunter and if you put in the work I am sure you will see many deer - even without the apple piles

Good Luck