I used a ladder stand and ground blind mostly this year. The blind was for situations where I wanted to be in a very specific spot but there is no tree suitable for a stand. I got it out, and brushed-in in the summer time, so the deer were very used to it and that helped a lot.I recently bought a climber, Im looking forward to being more mobile this coming fall.. There were multiple times in the early season where I could have ambushed a buck I saw on a regular basis, but without a climber, there was reallyno way I could get in there. Lesson learned I guess