FtWorthHunter

In Texas, most hunting is done from stands, at least for whitetails. I've never hunted from a stand for mule deer out on the south plains. Also, a vast majority of the land is private.

We don't let people hunt our places unless they are in blinds. Just too dangerous to have folks walking around. Of course, we're not hunting nearly the amounts of land you are in Utah.

We leave all our stands/blinds up year round. You could actually hunt the area I like to hunt from the ground pretty easily and I used to use pop-up blinds or just sit in the brush. Only took one rattle snake going over my boot to get myself elevated!