How many of you hunt on the ground?

[Rustic]

I stopped hunting from treestands a few years. Got tired of worrying about my treestand getting stolen and using a climber. I like the simplicity and freedom of ground hunting.

[TOEJAMMER]

!00% ground.

[moleman]

Been hunting from the ground a couple of yrs now and Loving it! Now i just carry in my bow, back quiver, and a small folding stool. Going back to the basics and simplifying things has made my hunts more enjoyable than ever.

[marshratTC]

Ground, spot stalk mainly or from a pop up blind. I try to take the young ones, and a tree stand or ladder just isn't happening with a five year old. I got a big pop up blind, but I have had more luck with spot/stalk.

[eminart]

You guys are getting me excited. I may go this week and try to scout out some good areas for ground hunting.

[Night Wing]

I also hunt on the ground. I bowhunt from a natural ground blind and also use a commercial pop up blind.

The only animal I can spot and stalk is a javelina.

[Archie]

I don't enjoy sitting in trees.  I do from time to time, but only from "permanent" ladder stands these days.  95% of my hunting in 2011 was ground hunting.

[Ground Hunter]

Get Fred Asbell's book on "Stalking and still hunting" - will help cut the learning curve.  I've hunted from the ground my whole life and still read Fred's book every season as a refresher.

[Terry Lightle]

50-50 for me.Have 1 ladder stand that is about 40 yards from our kitchen door.

[elknutz]

I will say setting up and using tree stands properly is a lot of work. I have Add, a butt that goes numb easily and I'm alittle afraid of heights so 99.9% of the time I'm on the ground.

[njloco]

As long as there is a breeze, I'm on the ground, but if there is no wind, I'll either pick a spot and sit or go into a tree, but not very high, only up to 10-12 feet.

[ScottL]

I hunt on the ground. Have had multiple deer within 5 yards of my position and actually had to let them move away before I could get a shot. Awesome experience.

[rastaman]

I hunt hogs from the ground most of the time..usually spot and stalk. Deer I hunt mostly from the trees but occasionally from a groundblind.

[Steve D]

Yep, a good ghillie suit and nice shooting short recurve and all the area becomes a potential"stand" site,also hunting this way will keep
one in the field for years  to come.

[falconview]

Always, just don't like sitting in one place that long plus its almost always raining or snowing and I get to cold, so it's a slow stalk or ground blind for me

[Bladepeek]

Hunted for many years in Germany where it's all high seat hunting. There are a lot of advantages in densely populated areas of shooting a rifle down at a fairly steep angle. I am EXTREMELY uncomfortable in a tree stand with a bow, though. Now that I've started bow hunting, it's nearly all from the ground.

[Covey]

Love the ground game. Been on the ground for a couple years now. So much easier to just walk in to my natural blind, set up my pac seat and settle in. I've had deer so close I could here them chewing. Nothing like getting close on the ground!    

Jason

[Zradix]

last 4 yrs 100% ground natural blinds except in heavy rain then a penthouse.

[centaur]

I prefer terra firma, but I will occasionally climb a tree. About 95% on the ground, though.

[cedar]

I have been hunting on the ground for the last eight years. My goal is to get a deer from the ground with the longbow.  It just seems right.