RE: Ground blinds?
I've hunted out of a ground blind over the last couple of years. I own the doghouse ground blind and have been happy with it. It has the shoot thru mesh and it works perfectly. It's really no different than a tree stand in the aspect of where you would set it up. Obviously, you would want to be between bedding and feeding areas, but you want to make sure that you have it set up where your visibility is better and not confined too much. Make sure you set it up a few days in advance of your hunt and make sure you use some of the native foliage to "brush in" the blind. The deer shouldn't pay any attention to the blind. I've had many deer come within a couple of steps of my blind while I'm sittin inside. It's very exciting to be at eye level with deer that are just steps away.
Just follow the hunting basics that you already know, but make sure if you're in thick cover to cut small shooting lanes in front of your windows so you'll be able to shoot that deer when it steps out in front of your blind. Good luck.