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I'm hunting on the ground this year too. One spot near a funnel deep in the woods, I'm not interested in taking a climber in with me. The other is just off a service/utility road with high weeds on either side. I saw huge buck tracks this weekend thet follow the road and there are no trees close.
I'll be hiding in the weeds and waiting for the deer that made the biggest tracks I have ever seen. And I mmean huge tracks!! I'll sleep there if I have to and you can't sleep safely in a tree stand.
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I purchased an apache pyramid blind this year to hunt some from the ground. Its so light and sets up so quick that I have used it already more than my "standard" climbing stand. It is a different ballgame though. Hunting from the ground has its own set of "rules". I seems to me that you have to pay even more attention to the "details" than you do from the trees. If you think a deer can't spot movement with the best of'em, get on the ground and find out! It sure is more comforable and safer too.
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Ground for me. Nothing at all like what happened to Mudd, but I fell out of the back of a truck (stationary) once and got six stitches in my head-heights and I don't mix. RonP
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My light weight, very portable ground blind worked great. Unfortunately Missouri has a large portion of the state un a 4 point on one side rule. I had a illegal dear at about 16 yds. I was able to get up get around on him without a problem. Wll the while knowing I couldn't take the shot. I wonder if it would have made any difference if he had been legal...lol God bless,Mudd
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shot alot of deer off the ground just get behind a big oak and make sure you kick the leave out all the way around the tree so you can slip around the tree if you have to and shoot straight good luck
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been hunting more off the ground... I have 2 new ground spots.. Going to use one of them in the morning on Saturday.
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Being a retired tree worker I just like to be 20' up a tree, IMO. Seems like when I'm on the ground I'm always trying to get to someplace else. Keep the safety belt on and you have nothing to fear.
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I mix and match my hunting styles, sometimes depending on conditions and enjoy it all. I guess I have been more successful in a treestand, but really enjoy the rush of ground hunting. A spot and stalk on wild game while using trad gear is the ultimate IMO. Like the guys here have said, keep the wind in your face as best you can, walk a little, look a lot, and dont forget to occationally check your backtrail. And I ride a Harley, with all the phoneaddicts out there driving, I feel safer in a tree!
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Just to reafirm why I enjoy hunting from the ground-Yesterday afternoon I'm sitting against a forked tree with a log leaning diagonally in the crotch of the tree. A red fox comes trotting along, comes right up to the tree and sticks his nose under the log before he realizes I was there! He was three feet away and I could have rapped him on the nose with my broadhead. Suffice it to say he took off out of there in a hurry! I saw more deer while driving home than I did all afternoon, but it was still a fantastic hunt!
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I'm becoming more of a ground hunter. Partly because since I moved to the mountains I don't like hauling a stand on my back as much as I did. Also my screw-in steps are old and I haven't found a suitable, quiet, light replacement for them yet (LW sticks are on my list) and I HATE climbers. I have taken deer and turkey with a bow while stalking on the ground and it's a blast. I picked up a ghillie suit this year and I may just be hunting the ground more and more. Seems simpler and more fun.
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I just realized that I had given the impression that my fall was from a tree(it wasn't) sorry for misleading you folks. The fall still caused my breathing problem and the thought of having a second fall from above ground level just might be the second straw on the camels' back and since he's already gone down once...why tempt it???? Thanks for all the great replies... keep them coming. God bless,Mudd
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"Man shouldn't get higher than corn or lower than taters!"
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Well I'm a-skeered of heights so I'm pretty much stuck on the ground. Where I bowhunt is pretty big bush and I've found it difficult to find areas that generate a lot of deer activity - so I tend to move more.
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20 ft up or more for me if I can find the right tree. Usually a climber as well. I will sit on the ground as well if the situation dictates it. With shot gun I hardly ever use a tree stand. Alot of times the ground offers better break up than the tree. Either way I play the wind the whole time & will move locations if it changes. Just the way I do it. Mike
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I hunt quite a bit from the ground and I have good luck using a little one leg folding seat called a Niftee-Seat. It has adjustable heights, and attaches easily to the belt or fanny pack walking in. I find I can sit low and comfortable for a long time with it. It weighs next to nothing and is sturdy.
Love when they come in to 10yds or so!
Bill
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