Good points made here. I am kinda in between the extemes...depending on where I am hunting. I have a few spots that I can stealth in quietly and I like that. However, most of the spots I hunt, are fairly rugged terrain, and quiet is not really a word that would describe it. In those cases, I just make my noise, get in, and get settled. I do find that going earlier to these spots seems to help settle them down better. If I' m in the stand 45mins or an hour with total quiet, I usually do better than if it gets light shortly after all the commotion.