RE: Treestand vs Ground Blind
I prefer ground blinds. I like making my own, either out of natural stuff or using some artificle junk (a volleyball net and some sticks can go a loooong way). However, Ed Mc. is right, there is a little bit of a saftey trade-off (not much of a trade-off really, stray bullet orfalling 15-20ft from a tree can both hurt or kill ya). The real trade is like he said: Visibility. Getting off the ground can let you see farther, and keep you out of the paths of most stray bullets. However, the ease of being able to "run and gun" or just change setups quickly with a ground setup is a great and thats what continues to keep me on the ground the majority of the time.