I prefer to sit in a ground blind, then advance in a still hunt/stalk when the day is warm. Being in a tree stand is all well and good, and I' ve got several hung, and hang more during the year, but what I actually hunt the most is on the ground. I don' t use store bought groundblinds mind you, I only use natural materials located where I' m hunting, fallen logs for uprights, goodly limbs for trusses, branchy limbs and rose vines for concealment and roofing. Roll in a good thick log for a bench, and figure out where you' re best shooting lanes are to arrange good " loopholes" through the brush. This bow season, I took a shot, missed, couldn' t find the arrow, so I told my buddy to walk out there and I' d stand in the mouth of the blind and direct him to it, wanted to use hand signals so that we wouldn' t have to hollar, but he couldn' t see me, while he knew where the stand was and I was in front of it, from only 35yrds!!!