Originally Posted by Bukmastr

Deer move at night... They are night animals. It takes a little more effort and planning than just tossing down a bag of apples to kill a deer. If you want to catch them in daylight you have to hunt them where they move in daylight which is going to be close to where they bed. All deer move in daylight. They just don't all move far. Deer can and will relate bait to being a trap. They will smell the human scent from you putting the bait out and may react by coming in at night... My suggestion would be to do a little more scouting.