The best option is to set your stands up before the season.
The next best thing IMO for being lightweight, silent, portable, and quick to set up is a set of lone wolf sticks with a Trophyline Tree Saddle. With this setup you wear your "treestand" into the woods like a safety harness. The lone wolf sticks get you up the tree very quickly (one strap per 3 steps). Once your up there, just tie the tree saddle belt around the tree, clip it onto thecaribiner clip,and you're ready to hunt. You can hunt in any tree that can hold your weight and it's very lightweight (7 lbs for the climbing sticks, 2.5 pounds for the Tree Saddle). I can be up and hunting in about 5 minutes with this setup. It's very easy and no sweating.
