I use 'em. We have a lot of lumber company land here. They clearcut with very few trees left to climb and all they replant is pines. By the time the trees get big enough for a treestand they are cutting them down. For the first few years after they cut you can't beat a ground blind. In fact unless you use a tripod you can't hunt them at all. I was up this weekend looking at the crop fields for tracks to see where they're coming out this year. I'll be back to cut out the briers with the weedeater in a bunch of spots. Nothing beats an afternoon in a blind waiting for deer or turkey to feed by.