Hunting from the ground may very well be easier than from a treestand in late season.......I am dead serious!!! I've hunted numerous times from the ground with some success in late season with both does and bucks. Why do I say it may be easier? Because using a stand at this time of year you can be picked out. Two years ago in early January I tried to get a buddy a shot at his first deer ever. We entered the woods right after work one morning and within 15 minutes 11 does and 2 young bucks worked their way to within 15 yards of me and 20 yards of him. The does walked right past me and all i was doing was kneeling beside two trees.