I started out just hunting from the ground, sitting my big rear end down against a tree. Then on to ladder stands. This year I hunted my brother in laws farm along a river and sat in his old shed that holds their fire wood. Shed is aprox. 10x10 with a roof and the front facing the river bottoms was open. I'm going to build a ground blind out of wood thats a little more weather tight with sliding windows this summer for his property. I gotta admit I'm getting older and the three Illinois gun seasons I hunted this year I about froze my a double s off.