I have arrowed all of my deer from the ground. I use treestands too but nowhere near as much as ground blinds, sitting in ones I've built myself using deadfalls and the surrounding landscape, and stalking. I've only managed one stalking, a yearling doe, but that was more exciting than any of my other hunts as it was through the October woods. I had the howling wind to silence the steps I made through leaves and lots of trees to stop behind as I closed the distance on her. I shot one buck on the way to my blind. That wasn't a stalk but a "holy smokes, there's a buck off to the left." Stop, drop and draw. It was all instinct and it happened so quickly. I like having many ground blinds set up in hotspots before the start of the season so they become part of the landscape - plus the "natural" ones. It's not still hunting but I can move around to several throughout the day as I hike through the countryside. Good luck!