That's nice looking ground you got there Ridge Runner

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Never took a deer with a bow, mostly rifle shot and mostly in bow range, no camo either....you play the wind....

I prefer trees but its getting harder to get in a portable. Like a roomy ladder stand.

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anything other than sitting in a blind/box regardless if elevated. hunting isn't supposed to be from an apartment

I started doing the saddle thing last year.

Really getting my system dialed in this year.

It’s a game changer for me in a big way.

saddle for me. places i hunt arent really setup for hunting from the ground unless its an evening hunter over an ag field. in the woods around here, you might as well leave your gun at home if you're on the ground

Tree stands - but all ladder now. No more stick ladders or screw in steps.

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Ground mostly

But I do have a couple ladder and tripod stands that I use occasionally, depending on the wind

If hunting for the ground, my camo is black now so I blend in to the inside of the blind. Deer see a lot less movement.

This post got me thinking and it was cold today so I decided to still hunt. Got within 15 yards of a bedded doe and fawn but along a fenceline we don't have permission to cross so i didn't shoot incase she jumped before expiring. Later I got within 6 paces of a bedded fawn before she got up, she didnt know I was there but just walked off so slowly. Thanks Coop, for getting me out of the tree and back on solid ground, it was a fun hunt for a cold snowy morning.

Tower stands, ladder stands, climbers, and lock on’s. Need to be elevated to see, plus it’s cheaper. I like my arrows sticking in the ground after passing through.

Bowhunting . . . Summit Viper climber. Just a little slower and more careful than ever. Always up in a tree if possible.

Gun deer . . . find a natural high spot and make it a deer stand. This one has a ladder concealed by camo and a seat up on top. I like the elevated view in the river bottoms, yet the versatility to get off the stand and move quickly. Now at 73 I'm finding this more of a challenge than years before.

Trees most of my life, untill I started taking the kids then ground blind was the ticket. hid movment had room for solid rest Caldwell field pod and room for pack with food heater coloring books and such to keep them warm comfortable and entertained during the long boring sit tell there was action.

I like walking/stalking but save that for lat black powder season to avoid geting shot.

each situation is different its good to have options. I like the visibility of a tree and the simplicity of just opening a bi pod and seting on the ground. Some places you need to be 20" in a tree others 6 or 7 feet may be the best way to get a max 30 yard shot in thick stuff. On the ground there you can't see 10' any higher you loose distance you can see.

Now im 45 so not older but
I have not been in a tree all year, and I dont think i will hunt out of my loggy climbing stand for the first time since I got it at 14 or 15. I may not hunt out of a tree at all but if I do it will be a ladder stand or summit

With MS limb weakness, tingling, balance and other issues that come and go at random. Getting in a tree is not the best choice for me these days.

sad I have most of gun season off and was thinking about deer hunting myself for the first time in many years not just sitting with the kids. But now It may be sitting with the kids or even just waiting in the truck if they are hunting from a tree.

Depends on where the deer are .

When I did bow hunting, tree. Gun hunting, ground. But I know a guy that goes up 40 feet in a tree, overlooking the creek for gun season. I think his part crazy and cold blooded; at least when I get cold I can get up and move around to get warm lol

We use a wide door double bull blind and wear all black-out when in the blind i dont use the shoot thru camo screen i just use the one left to right long window and close-up all other peeking windows
we hunt brushy farmland and brush in the blind with bundles of golden rod its amazing how close deer will get and never detect you in the past years we have tried all different types of blinds but nothing seems to compare to the double bull
my only advise make sure to stake or tie down the blind to the ground and when you leave the blind always prop a post stick to support the center cuz when the snow comes it will make the top become heavy and collapse
and when using the blind for turkey it allows kids to get away with movement and the turkeys can be just feet away great for youth season birds for that very reason