It's all about scent control jmbuck, no doubt. Both my prime stands there is every bit of chance that deer will cross it. There is nothing I can do about it. Last year in the stand I hunted to take my buck, I walk the field access road to within 10 yards of my stand. The stand over looks the access road. Deer walk it and cross it. The buck crossed my path and I shot him just after it. He never hesitate or smelled me. Rubber boots and Scent Killer etc...

MY other stand, I cut and nip branches back to my stand through the woods. I've done this for so many years that the deer actually took over my path. They made my path, their path. Each day I hunt that stand I'm amazed at the deer tracks within my own tracks. Again, scent control. My 04 buck crossed that path 3 times during my hunt for him.