Question for ground hunters?

[SteveMcD]

Last year I had a spike buck come in and bed down 8 yards from me. I was standing in an old wild grape vine that I improved a bit with tree branches. Any way.. I watched the little buck snooze for 20 minutes, he woke up groomed himself a bit and got up and left, another 20 minutes later a mature lone doe comes by, walks over a sniffs where the little buck was bedded. She was a good size doe, and standing in a quartering away manner, the shot was too good not to take, so I shot her. I paced it afterwards, it was 8 yards.

[RC]

On deer my average ground shot is probably 15 yards.

  I`ve killed 95% of my hogs from the ground and probably average shot on pigs is around 12 yards. I`ve killed a few I could have touched with my longbow.RC

[BOWMARKS]

I hunt on the ground with an ATV between my butt and the ground . Can't walk so I am stuck but with a little bit of camo behind me to make that big blob blend in , I have deer 5 feet to 20yards all season . There are alot of stare downs but I normaly do pretty good at my attempts to bag a deer. As you see I said attempts , only one kill in five years but it is a rush to be that close.Been a bunch of misses we won't talk about.

[LKH]

I hunt bou and deer every year and elk when I get the tag.  I do virtually all of it on the ground.  Also chase antelope.  I get virtually all my opportunities within 30 yards and that's not that difficult if you are patient.  

Get an army booney hat with the loops and stick whatever is local as far as vegetation in a few of the loops.   Hides that round dome when you look over an edge.  Makes a tremendous difference.

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

The feeling that comes over you when you hear a hog coming thru the brush in your direction...listening to the crunch of his hooves on dry grass or leaves, the sound of him taking in air, testing the breeze for any scent of you..he knows somethings there, but he just ain't quite sure of it.

That feeling makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up! I love it!  I dont even care to hunt from pop up blinds, but I'll take a brush blind.  Stalking is even better, that way I feel more in control...the mistake is usually mine.  

Besides...I'm scared of high places.. I have to stay on the ground.

[Curtis Roberts]

Wow these are awesome stories guys!!  I guess I'll have to get on the groung this year.  There are a few places I plan on making some natural blinds.