RE: Silencing treesteps?
I've got several sets of Bucksteps. The best solution I've found is to use them when you're pre-hanging before the season starts; they're definitely not a good choice for running 'n gunning during the season.
If you must though... they sort of all fit together inside each other. The Bucksteps I use have a cloth pouch on one of the straps, and all but one goes inside that; the other wraps around the whole mess and cinches them together tightly to mnimize noise.