deadstick - Last year was my first time ever hunting out of a groundblind. What we did last year was put it in a small lil cluster of spruce trees, and then cut a few lanes out for shooting. It worked well, we harvested 2 does out of it in 2 evenings of hunting then we pulled it. You can't see in those pictures, but down in that big draw there are some clusters of willows that I will more than likely blend the blind into. I'm planning on going to Cabelas here shortly and buying at least one of the cheaper (80-100 dollar) blinds and putting it out a good week before season. I guess if it gets wrecked and I get a crack at the big boy it will be worth it to me anyway. I'm 24 now and I've been archery hunting since I was 12 and I have only take 1 buck from a tree, the rest were all spot an stalk in CRP fields or creek bottoms.

Putting it on the edge of a cattail slough would be good as well. I actually have a pretty serious deer trail (where those 5x5 sheds came from I'm holding on the first link) within 150 yards of my house that will see some blind use as well.

Out of the 6,000 acres we farm I only have one spot that will hold a treestand, and this is a single tree. I do have access to all my neighbors land deer hunting, but they are in the same boat as us when it comes to trees, few an far between! lol

Last year I didn't get aggressive enough on the ground, and this year I plan on making up for it.