I don't hunt, but I see deer around my house regularly. I live across the street from a forest preserve. A few months back my dog saw one in my neighbor's yard and scared him to the back yard, I put him inside and saw the deer walking down my street. I tried to see how close I could get to him, and ended up standing 10 feet from him for about 3 1/2 minutes. He then turned and walked/trotted away after seeing another one watching us a yard away.
There is a spot a few streets away in the forest preserve where an old guy a few streets over feeds them that you can sometimes see them at the right time of day. Then in another forest preserve that I pass often, I have seen herds of up to two dozen at a time there. People feed them there also.
It doesn't cost me a nickel in gas to see deer around here...