Going higher (20-30ft.)in my opinion gives us an advantage overdeer in so many ways. Scent, getting away with movement, spottingdeer sooner just to name a few. The key is being comfortable with your height and practicing your shooting from those heights. My brother-in-law jokingly calls me"John Glen" sometimes b/c of how high I like to go. I guess I just feel moreconfident the higher I go like nothing can pick me off, or bust me while drawing back. Not to say that you can't harvest a deer from 10 feet, but I would hate to be in a situation where I wished I had gone higher and have it cost me the deer of a lifetime!