I haven't seen any deer the last two times I've been out. My wife just took our dogs for a walk around our property a little while ago. As she walked down the path on the back side of a small brushy area (1/3 acre) out front she had two deer jump up, bark at her, and run off. Luckily my dogs didn't know what had just barked at them and didn't see them in the brush so they didn't try to chase them.

Maybe I should stop trying to find them where I they "should be" and just hunt out front next time.