natural ground blind(made with the surrounding foilage)hands down I have hunted from tree stands every once and a while and I find that I have too much advantage over my prey. I personally like being eye level with the game. You have to play the wind a lot more and keep your movements to a min(not saying that you don't in a stand but its a little more forgiving) also I think that hunting on the groundusing natural foilage makes me a better hunter. But to each his own hunt the way you like.