i do the majority of my hunting from the ground and have had a lot of success with bucks and does doing so. Like you said, nothing better than being eye to eye with a deer. My first deer I shot with a bow at 14 was less than 10 yards on the ground. I still remember seeing her 100 yards out in the woods, jumping the fence, walking my exact trail to me, her huge eyes and long eye lashes. Memories like that are really why I do it. Plus I get impatient and like to still hunt haha