Much will be gained by perseverance and commitment, properly perceiving the deer’s response to particular setups and continued improvement of your setups.
As restricted to the ground, my setups have continued to evolve. This season alone I have taken passes on bucks on 14 different hunts out of 8 different locational setups. Two were above minimum book bucks, while one of them will not be offered another pass. Having divulged this information, I may have not harvested even one of them. The furthest was 18 yards and I practiced drew on one at 8 yards and one at 12 yards and one at 15 yards.
The average ground blind game appears to me to be a 3:1 disadvantage vs the average stand setup in a comparable area. Focusing on continued ground setup enhancements and remaining aware of likely silent and inconspicuous immediate repositioning within the blind is often imperative. Often times, due to my setup choice, the deer is nearly, if not, w/I shooting range before I may actually be able to adequately assess the animal.