Stand or ground? If stand what kind? If ground natural blind or store bought? I use a climber 99% of time. On the ground small stool.

Both. Climbing (Lone Wolf, Loggy Bayou, Summit) and hang-on (Screaming Eagle) stands. And natural ground blinds. Hunt around 50% treestands and 50% natural ground blinds.

Totally ground, Nif-T-Seat, find a good hide and clip out a few branches and have a go! Always a wind checker and clippers, seldom do I hunt the same exact spot twice in a season.

Been trying ground more and more, unsuccessful to this point though. Stand I use a loggy bayou climber or a lock-on and steps. What ever the best opportunity is at the location.

80% of the time- on the ground with my PacSeat. The other 20% of the time, is in a tree (because there is no good ground location at that spot) with a saddle or my JX3 hybrid.

Ladder stands 100% of the time

I've hunted 90 % on the ground for close to 50 years but I plan to hunt from a low treestand some this coming season..before I get too old .lol

As far as ground hunting goes I've always used natural ground blinds. Natural ground blinds work really well if set up correctly.

What ever the terrain and conditions dictate.

Summit climber 100% of the time.

Every year is different. Lock ons, a couple ladders, an actual ladder/lock on combo, Summit climber, and a few times on the ground. There's no limit to stands I can miss out of.

Climber 100%, Summit ClearShot, no longer made.

90% treestand rarely sitting the same spot twice. I used a xop Rubicon, lone wolf assault and hawk something or other with a super comfortable seat. I do hunt the ground though it's not often the seat I use is either a tree hammock or a camo stool.

Ground. Camo stool.

I use them all depending on terrain, animal being hunted, and weather. Generally prefer to hunt from the ground as better shot angle with my various stickbows. All stand types have their place.

Both, My stand height rarely exceeds my reach from standing next to the tree. Natural vegetation for my ground blinds with a ghille

For me Im on the ground. I hunt extremely thick cover. Due to multiple surgeries a treestand is no longer an option for me. I use natural blinds, and most times set up using a good back cover and snip small branches only disturbing existing areas minimally. Play the wind-sit still, and move slowly. I set up so as to allow deer to move by me and shoot after they move slightly past me. It can be done. The biggest factors Ive found is movement and wind. When I shoot its a fast solid motion-draw shoot in one quick motion. It takes patience and lots of will power to just sit still.

I do both but only ladder stands when hunting from a stand.

all ground for the past 30 years. When I hunt elk it's usually moving every hour and calling. Tree stands don't work for that but a Toreges seat does! I have some light see through camo that I can drape in front of me it needed.

Mulies aren't habitual like whitetails so setting a tree stand is not very practical for them either.

I have an old Baker stand that only slid down the tree once. Free with a ten page hold harmless agreement. LOL

100% from the ground out west.

Back east, a tree is a more reliable way to fill a tag, and ‘tis true that all of the deer I’ve taken from the ground out here have been with firearms — mostly the .54 — though at least 4 or 5 of those were inside of easy bow range…

The thing is… hunting from the ground just plain requires a substantial amount of ground. I know a lot of guys have access to small parcels, and you can blow those up pretty quickly, so staying up off the ground makes a lot of sense.

It’s all good either way— the important thing is Getting Out.

Both. Latitude saddle, waldrop pacseat.

As I’ve grown older the Cabella’s pop up blind with a heater gets more use but then I hunt in Northern Minnesota. However that being said I still make a natural ground blind about 50% of the time, stay out of trees though.

I honestly think that people exaggerate the difficulty of hunting on the ground with a traditional bow. We hunt about half the time from ladder stands never more than 10 feet from the ground. The remaining time hunting is from the ground without a blind other than something behind us to breakup our outline. When our children were young they all were taking deer from the ground without a blind by the age of 12. I can remember posting pictures of a couple of bucks our youngest took from the ground when he was 12 and 14. Of the 3 Deer that I took this past fall, one I took from a new area that I was hunting simply by walking in and sitting in front of a brush pile along a well used trail. Just watching the animal and timing any of your movements goes a long way.

Like anything, you get better at with experience.

From the ground 25 times to every time from an elevated stand.

There aren't a lot of Juniper trees on the Balcones Escarpment that lend themselves to being utilized as elevated stands.

I love to be on the ground in a natural brush blind or 'hide' if you will.. BUT the opportunity is MUCh greater (in my experience) of getting busted. I hunt most of the time from a tree. Just a hang on stand and climb up to it. I have a few different brands and really they are all about the same as for quality. I don't like the excessively large platforms as they are cumbersome and hard to climb with. A smaller seat and stand do just fine.

My best stand last year was about 10 ft up the side of an oak on a hill side overlooking a drainage. From the bottom of the drain to the seat was probably closer to 25-30 ft, and all of 15 yards. Not much cover, but it worked nicely.

-Bones

At 78, ground.

Ground. I just don't like being up in the air on a tiny little platform. Much more comfortable on the ground.

Hunted 100% from the ground this past season for the first time, brush blinds with a Pac-Seat. Didn't hunt as much as I planned, but I had lots of great encounters and several opportunities that I passed looking for a nice buck on public land. This season I'll be a little less picky and hopefully get the freezer restocked it's getting low :)

I much prefer a tree stand. But a fall is a life changing event. Paralysis or death is a real possibility. I just stay on the ground.

I use a store bought pop-up that is in-place well before the season and moderately brushed in.

I was mostly a treestander when I was younger, stay on the ground a lot more the last 10 years. I have killed deer from natural brush pile type blinds, manufactured portable hub style blinds and homemade wooden box blinds. Turkey and deer notice movement and shiny, unnatural out of place objects more easily at eye level. A natural looking hidden permanent ground blind that just blends in with the landscape has worked well for me.

Forgot to mention that I cheat and use a pop-up blind for turkeys nowadays.

Ladder stands or hang ons. No rails on the stands to get in the way. Only time I’m on the ground hunting is just going to or from a stand.

I have 3 ladder stands on the property I hunt. I also will be using my ghost blind some of the time..

Walkstool or natural on the ground.

Ground with compact folding stool, not always used, 90% of my hunts. Warmer, more comfortable, quieter, less vulnerable to thermals, bigger sweet spot.

I primarily set up natural blinds from the ground or walk and move through the hardwoods here. Main transportation is my canoe and the river is very dangerous at times so finding good sign and walking the ridges slowly seems to work for me.

Lock on XOP vanish & sticks if ground I'll use my turkey vest or just carry the pad. Find a blow down tree and brush it in if needed with my trusty hand clippers.If not I'll carry my cheap stool with the little zip pouch.

Two ladder stands, one tree house with recliners wood stove and stove top.lol but hunt on ground 90% no blind are camo. Just Grey's and Brown clothes strap on tree seat.

I hunt both but primarily from a saddle in the tree. I've never been successful from the ground....on purpose. I've killed multiple deer from the ground while walking to/from the stand or one time I had just enough time to put my first climbing stick on the tree and a doe walked by me at about 6 yards.

But every time I've hunted from the ground on purpose I almost never see deer within range. It's like when I'm trying to be still I spook deer and when I'm tromping through the woods they follow me around.

Well for me it depends on the place and which game you are hunting..for turkey ground, deer..ground or tree...for moose..either one and for bear tree stands..for sure. I once had an active bear bait and as there was a convenient downed tree I decided to do the macho thing and sit there,I didn't see a bear that time but the next time I came I couldn't find my little strap on stand which I had left there, looking around I found it about 50 yds away and it had been chewed on a bit!! That was the last time on the ground for bears for me. Codjigger

Stand no higher than 8ft off the ground or ground blind.

Ground hunting only, tracking and never sit in one spot, never had a problem. Hunting in my area of Florida is different.

Everyone seems to be only after deer, you won't do well on rabbits, squirrel, fish, gator or hogs sitting in one spot. Hunting is different in different parts of the country. Not very much land left to hunt on, a lot has changed in 65 years.

100% on the ground . Natural ground blind and Waldrop pac seat

Ladder stands these days. I have 9 on the property next door. I am slowly removing them and switching them out for double ladders, two man stands. It gives you much more room to move around in during long sits. I did start wearing a harness this season for the first time. The stands are from 10-20' high. During a hunt up north this fall I hung a stand for the first time in 20 yrs. Worked well. But with the combination of "OLD" and "FAT" its a sketchy proposition at best.

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