RE: What is the best way to mark a path to your stand?
It depends on which area I am hunting. If it is an area that I am very familiar with then I will throw up a few reflective tacks on the tree I plan on hunting out of as well as one or two along some well worn paths to let me know that I am headed in the right direction.
On the other hand if it is a relatively new area to me then I will use the tacks on the specific tree in combination with my GPS unit as I did this past Saturday. The GPS gets me within 10 yards or so and then the tacks get me right to the tree.