Zophy, I have been using tri-pods for over 10 years and yes I have had plenty of luck with them, the biggest buck that I have ever taken was out of a tri-pod. I hunt a part of Texas that the trees arent very tall, a lot of brush, a tri-pod is a very good option for me.A tri-pod tends totake more work to get it into the right spot but when this is the only option you have it can be done, Ialways try to set mine up so that the legs are really in some serious cover, this is the part I was talking about that is so much work, which makes them not as portable ashang on or climber. This is where my pop up blind comes in to play or I have a smallaluminum hang on that I always take with me just in case I need to make a change in a hurry....Good luck to you!!!