*sigh*

Listen, the only way deer will stay in an area is if there is some sort of food or cover there for them. More than likely, your area is only a quality deer area during the summer, and during hunting season they find a different, more suitable range. The only way to change that is to change something about the area - i.e. change a food source.

You can fertilize the indigenous food sources, or you can put in a food plot. Calling a food plot unethical is about the least intelligent thing you can do. You do realize that you can put in a food plot and not hunt over it, right?

Otherwise, you' re doomed to watch the summer deer leave your area year...after year... after year, until you develop the idea that the rest of us have known about for years - go where the deer are.