RE: ground hunting w/o a portable blind
I too enjoy hunting whitetails off the ground, and I happen to own a double bull blind, yet still like the old school natural ground blinds that you make on your own. Many of my hunting spots are natural ground blinds. I use existing sapplings, trees, branches, logs, limbs etc to construct them. As a matter of fact the spot I am hunting tonight is a ground blind. They are easy to slip in and out of. Personally ground blinds bring a whole other aspect to a hunt. Having that animal at ground level with a bow is pretty intense.
Best of luck
Troy