We not only live on forested acreage but have hundreds of acres of forest immediately east of us. Deer herds live on and near our place. There's almost always at least a couple of deer visible from at least one of our windows. I enjoy seeing not only the deer but their much larger cousins, the elk herd, which moves downhill into the big marsh (that used to be a pretty little creek before developers moved in) whenever the groundskeepers at the golf course near us chase the elk away.
I've learned to plant things that deer either don't like or that are bad for them. For instance, daffodils poison deer so bloom all along our long driveway every spring. Most of our place has so many trees that I can't have flowering plants there, but I created a big flower bed out beside the road and filled it with plants that deer don't like: mainly dahlias, pinks, butterfly bushes. Each year, I try a couple of new plants to see if they're deer resistant...if not, they don't get planted in future years. Because deer roam freely all about our general area, everyone is amazed by my big bed of blooming flowers. Right now, almost every day someone walking by stops to remark that they can't wait until all the flowers are blooming! The nice thing is that dahlias and pinks also don't attract the real villians here on the Oregon coast: banana slugs! I've given up having pansies due to those ugly critters: they can mow down an entire large pansy seemingly in just minutes. While I regret not being able to grow carnations (which I love), I'm happy with my huge bed of dahlias and pinks that everyone admires. The deer actually avoid that flower bed, preferring to graze on long grass: there's always some, as I mow an acre and do it in sections, so there are always some places where the grass is taller. Right now, the does are showing their pregnancies, and I can hardly wait to see the new fawns in a few weeks!