The first time I ever hunted from a stand I did the same thing. I was in jeans and an old sweatshirt. I took the most direct line to my stand which was far from the most quiet. Stood up in my stand for awhile looking around. It wasn't 15 minutes that I had been up there when I had a doe and a fawn come out on almost the same path I took getting out there. They walked around the area that I had just trampled for quite some time and didn't run off until I moved and the stand creaked.