In the trees or on the ground for your deer hunting?

[Doc]

This is a question I asked way back in 2010. Well, there were a lot of interesting responses, & we have a whole different bunch of people here now and 15 years have passed, so I was interested to see if anything has changed

Edited Monday at 04:23 PM by Doc

[Doc]

I came down out of the trees a quite a few years ago. Mainly due to a "heights-thing". But I also discovered the excitement of dealing with deer in an eyeball-to eyeball situation where things are  put kind of in their favor. Yeah I'm sure it has impacted my success, but the added excitement has kind of increased the whole deer hunting experience.

By the way check out the poll. That's a forum feature that we haven't used in quite a while.

[First-light]

Be 62 in April. I'll still going up in the trees but only in ladder stands. I have two stands that goes up 20'. Not in love with that height. Liking more of the 16-18' stands. Then again most falls happen going up and down. 

Edited Tuesday at 12:15 PM by First-light

[GreeneHunter]

I only Crossbow Hunt from my Ladder Stand ! If I happen to take a Nap so be it !  LOL

[landtracdeerhunter]

Voted other because I mostly use homemade ground blinds and a secure homemade built tree stand with roof, for those not so favorable days. I also use a portable umbrella, on occasion for quick pop ups, which works really well.

[nybuckboy]

If I have a site where I can be on the ground, up hill hill from the trail I'm covering and downwind I will stay on the ground if possible. The older I get (71) the more hesitant I am to use a hang-on stand more so because of the climbing stick set up. I need to be able to hold on to the top of the climbing stick, step across or even down onto the stand or I won't use it. If I don't feel comfortable I won't use it. I have had a couple stands in IL that the outfitter has set that I won't use. They have been perfectly fine taking me to another.

[airedale]

Much of my bowhunting was done from crude but effective blinds I built on the ground to break up my outline, I also did quite a bit of still hunting with not a whole lot of kills but prefer that method of hunting.

Al

[fasteddie]

Even at my old age , I prefer tree stands . Mostly for the visibility . It is much easier to get busted but that is the chance that I take .