You got to remember when using these topo maps and satellite images. MANY of them are decades old. Very few are yesterday. When I was down south last week my nephew and I had taken a drive to get some gas. We decided to cut cross country. I got us there, but we almost ended up in a real fix when we got on a road that wasn't there. Good thing we backed off or we'd have ended up in a creek after sliding down a hill. If you're seeing deer trails on a topo.... it's a satellite image.[8D] Probably made yesterday,[8D] You narrow the search with topos, but you still have to do some leg work to get it right usually.
About 10 minutes later....I see a doe and a fawn running from my right....and back towards behind me. I never saw what was chasing them. Couple minutes later....two DOGS show up and start wandering the woodlot. The woodlot's only 20 acres...and they're seemingly all over it. They jump a doe and she high-tails it out of there.
Jeff, do you really use and really need a topo to find that magical hidden trail in a 20 acre wood lot shared by dogs, does, gun hunters and bucks. LOL[8D] Hell, take two steps forward and survey the property.