I've had similar problems in the past. Until about five years ago I wore the same leather boots for deer hunting that I wore for rabbit/quail hunting. Since then I've switched to insulated rubber boots and it's made all the difference in the world. Not only has it increased my time in the stand, because my feet are much warmer (plenty of room for extra socks), it's also reduced getting busted due to a deer cutting my trail to pretty much zero. In order to get to a blind this season, my dad and I had to walk along a portion of a deer trail which we knew would be used by the deer after we got settled in. Three does and some yearlings came along about 30 minutes later and fed right across where we had just walked, and they never knew the difference. We are very careful about scent control otherwise, which I'm sure helped. Another thing is that I have several stands which I don't hunt at certain times of the day because I know that it is practically impossible to get to them without getting busted. Sometimes you have to work around the deer a little bit in order to use that "perfect" stand. One last thing is that you could turn the problem to your own advantage by using a scent drag. You know the deer use the trails, so why not try to lure one in that way? It's been an extremely effective method for me. Hope some of that helps, and good luck!