Hunting from stand or on the ground?

[Gdpolk]

I hunt any way that’s legal. For deer stands can help conceal your draw which is nice but they can also highlight your presence.  Also stands can help you pick the perfect spot even when cover isn’t around on the ground.  I really love finding a blowdown in the perfect place but I’m not immune to hanging a stand as needed.

[CovertHunter55]

Here we can leave them up till the end of the season but there’s too many thieves. And it’s basically first come to the stand other people are able to use your stands.

This is hilarious 😂 ? Well that will ended very bad

[BAK]

Both, but my tree stands are all ladder and most I've hack sawed down so there around 12 feet high.  I do not enjoy hunting out of those "nose bleed" stands.

[Doublegun]

Both, but my tree stands are all ladder and most I've hack sawed down so there around 12 feet high.  I do not enjoy hunting out of those "nose bleed" stands.

That seems to be a reasonable compromise. The one fellow that  I know who hunts exclusively with a recurve cuts down ladder stands and sets them up in overgrown fence rows. That type of set-up or a perfectly placed blow down seem to be perfect for hunting with traditional equipment.

I have to admit that I have never shot a recurve from an elevated platform. I’ve been focused on becoming proficient and confident enough to shoot accurately from the ground.

[UrsusNil]

Ground. I hate carrying a bunch of stuff into the woods and I love the rush of being so close to game at their level. I also like to still hunt, so ground hunting doesn't rule out that change in plans.

Where I hunt it is quite thick, so a stand is very nice, but still not worth the drawbacks to me. That said, I did set up a low hanging (12ish foot) stand this year, as a reminder to why I hunt the ground!

[Bowguy67]

Guys if I may. I personally normally hunt from trees. Many advantages and from a fellow who grew up w wooden stands than bakers it doesn’t seem abnormal.
Now there are situations one could up the odds on the ground. Years back a farmer who’s land I hunted was complaining we shoot not enough does. There was a hayfield leading to a pumpkin patch. The deer were killing the pumpkins. Between the two there was a dried up brook the deer would cross. I’d get in the brook n move w the deer to the crossing they were using that day. Shooting em was about guaranteed and super easy. It was way less challenging than setting a tree.
All in all I believe for the most part,  trees are far advantageous but we’re trying to add to the challenge oftentimes using stykbows (some know no other way) and I fully understand that. I just find many of the oak ridges I enjoy hunting are better in the trees. Ground set ups could work but you need to adjust techniques or pick other locations to succeed. Nothing better to me than watching sunrise from either though.

[Alvey]

I do both but prefer ground.haven’t arrived there but I figure if I can get proficient in taking game on the ground with trad bow Im getting closer where I want to be as a hunter and that’s what I thrive towards.

[Pine]

I actually think I get busted more when I'm in a tree.
I really like the ground for many reasons.
The kill zone is bigger, don't need to worry about dropping something, can sit more relaxed and many more reasons.
But after joining the fraternal order of the Deer Divers, it's STAY ON THE GROUND for me.

[GCook]

Two years ago an older friend fell 10' from a stand while lowering his day pack.  Fractured his pelvis and three vertebrae.  He survived but he is ground bound now.
Wisdom dictates using a safety harness and climbing system. 
As we age it is harder on us if we fall. 

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[frassettor]

I hunt exclusively from the ground now. Although I used to hunt tree stands,
I hunt public now and it’s so easy to grab my Waldrop Pac seat and go. I hunt the areas that most hunters don’t want to hunt in due to the lack of trees to put stands in.

[Petrichor]

Both

[Bowwild]

I’ve been hunting white tails from trees (15-20’) since my first bow hunt in 1970. In 1970 everyone hunted with stick bows. I didn’t know anyone who did not hunt from tree stands. Right as rain.

I hunt mulies, Turkey, and pronghorn from the ground. I did kill a deer in TX from the ground. This year I dabbled from the ground in a new surround view Primos. Much more fun than peeking through windows of normal pop ups.

I love the view from trees. Very rarely busted.

[David Smith]

I hunt from both but prefer hunting from the ground now that im getting older.

[mcgroundstalker]

Plenty of action on the ground... Still Hunting and Stalking can be very rewarding, even if you don't fill a tag... In fact, it's been many years since I've brought home the bacon... Wouldn't have it any other way...

... mike ...

[Captain*Kirk]

I find this fascinating! Back when I began bowhunting, NOBODY I knew hunted from the ground. Even suggesting it got you funny looks. Now I'm reading there are a lot of us out there.

[GCook]

I'd lay odds it's kind of like traditional vs. modern equipment archers.  The percentage of successful hunters from ground vs. elevated is probably significant.   Although pop up binds and modern blinds designed for bowhunters has probably changed that over the last decade.
I've killed more and more from the ground as the last few years have gone by.  Especially from pop ups.  Set up a few days in advance and they become a very effective hide.

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[Jason W]

I do both for Whitetails. I typically still hunt my way from stand location to stand location. I am not one to do all day sits. I move!

[J-dog]

Rather be in a tree, but will do what the situation in front of me calls for. This weekend will be a ground game.

[Yooper-traveler]

Depends on the animal I'm hunting and the terrain I'm doing it on.  Thick cedar swamps and my oak ridges are better suited to the ground game, while I'm in the trees in other spots both on my land and friends property.

[hickstick]

NOt sure why it wouldn't feel 'right' ....Bakers were made in the 70s long before most folks were using compounds...and long before Bakers folks were climbing up into trees and hanging on a branch or jamming a 2x8 into the crotch of a tree.

and no, I haven't used a treestand in 3 seasons...but I do use a saddle: