Bowhunter your post made me laugh last night. I found myself stuck in my stand with deer in all 4 directions after dark. I climbed down in the dark. Fumbled around in the dark snapping branches, tripped twice, swore a few times. I must have sounded like a bear during mating season. The whole time I was thinking of your post to use a light or not to. After I almost fell in the creek. I said screw it and used my light. I didn't hear any blowing of deer or anything breaking brush trying to get out of their. So I think I'm alright. To my defense it is thick with dead falls and knee high bushes. So I learned I'm gonna have to come up with a plan. I really don't want to use my light but i can't figure out how to find my way in or out without using it.