One little trick that I have learned:
Tie a long piece of bright survey flagging to a overhanging branch on a sapling by a deer trail near your stand and let it flutter in the wind. The deer will possibly come up to it and stop walking; so as to possibly give you a shot opportunity. He'll look at it inquisitively like a dog, by turning his head back and forth, trying to fiqure out what the heck it is.
