tree stand or ground blind???

[Cody Gruchow]

i hunt primarily out of tree stands, but i bought a ground blind and have been toying around with it more and more. hunting out of a ground blind is really challenging, or atleast i think. because your on the same level as the deer, you dont have the height advantage that you do when your in a treestand and they pick up your movement alot quicker(atleast i think).

so whats your choice treestand or ground blind?

[Mayfly]

I hate ground blind hunting and I plan to do as little as possible. Just have never had good luck and feel out of place.

[Pegg]

I do both . I love to be on the ground. You can move from place to place pretty fast. I also ground hunt with no blind. I have had deer with in 10 feet of me and have had one small doe circle around me and was smelling my boot.  Then she walked away. Ground hunting is a lot of fun.

[beeker]

depends on the terain your hunting.. I've spent time doing both.. just depends on if I'm in a slash or on a bluff of sitting near thick pines.. all depends on what I think will be best to get me in the best spot for a good shot.

[JakerGreen]

treestand all the way.

                         JakerGreen 

[Go Big Red!]

I used to sit in tree stands but they would get knocked down and broken every single year.  I would use a portable climber but have really no desire to do so, so I sit on a chair on the ground.  Besides, I'd rather fall off the chair asleep than out of a tree... and dangle from my harness looking ridiculous!!!!

[Spinach]

Definitely ground blinds for me, I swithed about 6-7 years ago.

1. Much warmer in a blind
2. Safer
3. I can sit with my kids and they stay warm

Just this year alone i had 5-6 deer come right up to my blind, one actually started nudging the side of my blind with his nose. that was one of the coolest things ever to witness from 2 feet away.

As far as sucess, i have had just as good of luck in a blind as i did in a tree stand.

[deadeye]

I'm either in a tree stand or still huting.  I spend the vast majority of my time in tree stands.  We have constructed many tree stands over the past 20 years.  Most consist of a platform and rails.  During the season we attach camo burlap between the rails and platform.   It is a bit of an art to sellect the right tree configuration and construct the stand in such a way that it will last for many years without much repair work.  But that's another topic.   

[MnDeerStalker]

I use both Ilke the ground blind for some things like pat said it's alot warmer and it is alot easyier to take my kids out this year me and the kids had several deer within five yards of us and they were realy excited about that.
I also use a climmer and I love that thing but it just depends on the situation on witchmethod I use.

Also when I use my ground blind I set it up about a month before hunting season and it just stays there all three seasons.

[HD]

I use both depending on the situation.

I use "tree" stands for training (which aren't really tree stands, more like towers)

And ground blinds for mobility.


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[crue86]

 I have hunted on the ground for years and have had many many deer come right up to me (which is VERY cool) this last year was the first i hunted out of tree stands and the first year my two sons got to hunt. One 12 and one 11 so i tryed it. I liked it because of the fact i could see so much more around me. My 12 year old did shot his first doe, unfortunatly it was on the ground, but if he hadn't been dozing off "i think" he would have got his first deer out of his stand. I know by the tracks that they had walked right on by him 20yards away (he said he did'nt see them till they were behind him) ha ha. good lesson, but either way i have had great luck over the years on the ground but enjoyed the stands last year and will try again this coming year

[Joe]

I hunted out of a ground blind for the first time last archery season. I didn't think I was going to like it right away, but after a bit of adjustment and brushing in of the blind I could see a ground blind being effective. I didn't have any deer with in my shooting range, but I did see plenty of deer. I prefer tree stands, but due to health issues I was restricted to the ground.

[22lex]

I was only ever taught to hunt out of a portable tree stand. I have a blind, but have never used it. After reading some of the posts associated with hunting from the ground I am eager to try out my blind next year.