When we started hunting here again, some days i would see three deer. Some no deer. I worked hard to convince people around here to quit shooting does. I started feeding all i could. Its not uncommon for me to see 25 or more in an evening. Joseph has set in a treestand and saw 20 deer in a morning. We definately have more deer and every deer around are comingbto our foodplot in the evening. We have too many does now and will have to start killing some. If you keep food available they should stay close by. You can make the herd bigger but doe killing neighbors will work against you. If you can get a few neighbors on board, you can get the population up in 3-4 years.