First, pick trees that would have you facing North or South. This eliminates the annoying sun in your eyes. Then pick ones that are your ideal range from where you expect the deer to come by. Finding ones with vegetation already on them at your height helps to breakup your outline. When installing steps, never put them on a side of the tree that leans toward you as you climb, makes it hard and dangerous to climb. Buy alot of steps and put one for each of your feet at the top so you can stand at the top and hang your stand. Install your steps in a V configuration going up the tree. If you spread them too wide it makes it tough to stay on the tree when climbing. When you stand on one step, put your next one at the height of your knee for good spacing. Put a step on the tree at a good location above your stand to hang onto while entering and exiting. This makes you feel real secure when entering or exiting in the dark or when it is wet. Trim shooting lanes. DON'T put your stand in a dead tree or one with alot of dead branches above you. DON'T put your stand in a tree that is home to a honeybee hive (take my word on this one!). You will have to give and take on these suggestions but they are something to guide you. Good luck!