Your entry and exit routes are big in your success IMHO. Through observation of maps and time in your stand and post season scouting you should be able to get an idea of where deer bed the most on the property you hunt.

If you walk to your stand through the middle of timber and crash through a couple bedding areas your success will forsure be hurt. But then again just waking through the middle of a cut corn field isn't the best idea either. I try to look for low spots or ravines to travel through. I try to stay out of sight as much as possible.

In the mornings its tough to get to stand without spooking deer. I try to get there at least an hour and half before legal light to try and cut down on spooking deer out of feeding areas.