Ray's points are spot on. I would add that later in the season deer get hip to the steady cadence of hunters' footsteps going into the woods. Give yourself enough time to still-hunt to your stand. If the leaves are cornflakes loud then walk on the front pad of your foot and throw in some soft grunts on your grunt tube. The idea is sound like a deer not a human. Walk into the wind to your stand, so if you have to go way around the long way......do it. Easier to pick a stand location at the head of a drainage common to southern tier hills. These cuts in the earth will mask your visability, sound and scent. Be invisible. Get in and get out with out being detected is key to not ruining a hunting spot. Also, as the season goes on think deeper into the woods and thicker cover.