But just to be safe, walk backwards. The the deer will think you are leaving...!!!!!!
lol.
Up here in the north the deer will make travel routes in the snow. They will always walk down the same trail to create deer sidewalk in a sense. I will walk the bush with my snowshoes and make a trail. Next day the deer are using this as a travel path.
I believe your scent doesn't hang around as much on the snow you walk across as well. That's what bothers them. Fresh human scent.