My son and Imostly hunt from the ground for bucks. We have a few stands up but rarely use them. Few trees and I would rather hunt where the deer are at. Get as close to a bedding area as possible without getting busted. Hunt the small draws that lead into the bedding area. They rarely bed in the few trees here.

No mask producing trees in my area, most were planted for wind breaks.
Does seem to like going to the trees to travel though them. I will use a stand to fill a doe tag butmostly take them from the ground also.

Tim