Hunt how ever high you want. You want to talk about string jump?? I have killed deer 15 feet in front of me on the ground. No deer is going to jump the string at 15 feet with 303 feet per sec. compound bow. So if you don,t want string jump get up close and personal. I usually have 3 tree stands and several ground spots and I would say my kills were about equal tree versus ground hunting. But the tree shots were a whole lot easier to pull off.