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I love reading classic books from the 1800s from the pioneers....If I recall the title correctly, 44 years of a life of a Hunter...the biography of a gentleman originally from New Jersey if I recall correctly, but moves inland over time...He tells of the deer and bear hunts of the time (he was a market hunter) particularly in the fall, where game gathered especially in the chestnut forests to feast. He describes bears literalyt juts rolling on the ground, dragging themselves from one area to another to feast, ,and it was common to shoot multiple bears and deer from a stand (a stand meaning where the hunter chose to shoot from after a stalk). Certainly the native population also took advantage of the same opportunities. Just the same also, the indians took advantage of salmon/ trout/ sucker/pike /eel runs that occured over known areas, to stock their larders.

I just came from Jamestown area and holy crap they have a ton of snow. Most of the back roads have 10’ embankments.

So, is there anyone here that has a problem with excessive clothing interfering with original sight pin settings. I find that stance and form start changing as I add more and more heavy clothing.

Even though I am a confirmed ground-stander, I have to admit that I am convinced that tree-standers probably have the odds more in their favor. But I have learned also that deer can be taken from the ground even though every movement on the ground usually turns out bad for the hunter. A lot of that depends on the care taken when building the blind. I generally build a small wall that I can stand behind and either slowly lean out with the bow already drawn, or arranged so that I am hidden, allowing the deer to walk past while I stand there with the bow drawn. What gets a bit nasty is when several deer come in scattered all around you. The game is usually over when that happens.