I agree with Flyinlowe something fishy here. even a novice who will make all kinds of mistakes will eventually run into a deer or at least see one. you say for 5 yrs. you have seen only 1 deer on your 40 acres but have pics. on trail cams. scrapes near your stands and never see a deer while in your stands not possible if you are putting the time in you say you are. one thing I did notice you said one stand is 10ft. and one is 17ft. not very high for deer hunting pressured deer. also you don't show pic's of your stands is there any thing behind you to cover your figure or did you trim every thing and stick out like a sore thumb. even if you smelled like you just came back from a work out you would maybe spook a deer but sooner or later see one. I would try another area even a public place where hunters see deer because it sounds like where you are there can't be any deer to see.