RE: Running to your stand... sounds like deer...
I think its a bad idea....You want to run to the stand to sound like a deer??? Sure hope no poachers are around...might get shot at...I have several areas that I hunt near cutovers...On evening hunts, I get in early...2-3 hours before dark...This gives you enough time to go in slowly and quietly and it helps the deer forget about you...Like has been mentioned, take your time and stop every few steps...If you spook them, back off 50 yards or so...
Another idea that I have tried in the past...Go to your stand with a leaf blower...Blow a path that goes 200 yards away, walk the path...