I love'em. I use them more often than treestands anymore. So much easier to hide. Keeps you out of the wind. Contains your scent. You can move around in them... have a snack, kick up your feet, read a book, play cards whatever you want.

The first time I ever hunted out of one two seasons ago, I put it up in the middle of an old logging path that ran between two old rice paddys (basically a dike road). I had two gobblers walk not 15 yards from the thing (and keep in mind I was in the middle of the road), and water and dust for ten minutes... never gave me a glance! That same evening, I shot a doe at 60 yards. Worked like a charm and continues to. I've taken deer and turkeys with the bow out of one (in fact I now own two ground tents).

I don't leave mine in the woods. I set it up just before I hunt, and I move it around to keep the deer guessing. Deer will learn where your set up is VERY fast.. which is why climbers work so well. Your best chance to kill a deer is the first time you hunt a stand. With the portable ground blind... every hunt is the first time for that spot (if you make it that way).