So looking for ideas on not spooking them as you get out of your treestand...…
When I decide to leave, I take a real good look around...Usually I do this at last shooting/legal light. Amazing how often that is when I spot my deer I end up shooting. If I don't want to shoot and I have deer around, I hang in there until it is as dark as possible, and just quietly leave. Not much you can do if you still spook them, but I don't think it has ever spooked them enough to warn them away for any amount of time.
Bear hunting from a stand....different game. They like to show up the same time...last light. I turn on my light and just leave as I normally would without fanfare. they are pretty mellow and just wander off.