5 or so years ago we had a hit and miss acorn crop. 5 white oak trees on the place I hunt had nuts and the rest seemed barren. The trails were straight and deep between the 5.
I hunted in the snow this weekend and trailed a cagey big buck (I actually saw him) from one patch of dense cover to another, nearly straightline. As we approached the dense cover, the trails were very obvious, straight and were probably made just by him. I crossed dozens of other meandering trails along the way. His bedding areas were extremely well chosen and nearly unapproachable. I'm sure he doesn't move much in daylight right now.
I hunted the same ground last weekend and found where terrain forced all the deer through a saddle in a ridge. The meandering trails all funneled into a single trail for half mile. This single trail was like a cattle trail, muddy and deep. That's what you are looking for if you want to kill any deer right now and especially during the rut if you are waiting on a buck.