I found a deer trail that was parallel to the woods about 40 yards from open hardwoods in 8-10' tall pines. I blocked the trail with some brush and then opened up a "bypass" around the blocked trail. I brought the new trail about 10-15 yards from the open woods and thinned just enough to shoot into it. Worked like a charm.

I raked a walking trail in some open hardwoods after all the leaves fell for me to be able to slip into my stand, backfired on me. The deer started using my trail and I would either bump them on way in or they would smell me where I walked in.