You say that you are cutting trails, but don't say what type(s) of vegetation you are cutting through. I assume you need these trails because it is so thick you would not be able to go through the brush without them? If this is the case then why not cut a trail by your stand say 20 yards that runs by the stand, but doesn't go directly to the stand? This way you could make your own trial. Surely you could make do without a trail from the one you cut 20 yards to your stand. You may make a little noise, but if you need to be really quite why not crawl the last few yards to your stand? If it is not REALLY thick why not just trim a few branches as opposed to cutting a full blown trail?

I have to cross a few trials to get to my stand, so I go in a little earlier than usual to this stand, and have never had a deer spook where I have walked. I have had deer cross my path in as few as 10 minutes upon entering my stand. Maybe you need to address the issue of the deer spooking, and find out how you can better be scent free?