If the brush is too young to hang a stand in, you' ll have to set up a blind. I would go as far down the trail as I can and still have a good spot to put up a blind or stand because there will be more deer met up with the others on the trail. I also don' t like to be where two trails meat if I' m on the ground because deer may get up behind you and catch you off gaurd and alert other deer. A heavy trail may be all the sign you need for a good spot. by the sound of it the deer use that trail as a safe travel route and it will be a good spot to go later in the season when they have been spooked into the heavy cover.