Before I begin, I know it’s very late in the season to be placing tree stands or ground blinds, especially when a lot of cutting will be involved. However, due to military obligations for my hunting partner who just returned home earlier this week, we are getting a late start this year. This is family new family land and this location will be a long term stand for whatever we decided so we are willing to “sacrifice” this year for the long term success.

Basically we hunt 40 acres of a large 2,000+ acre swamp in Wisconsin. Our section is a full mile from the road and hunting pressure is very minimal due the location and lack of access. We WILL be creating a spot back there to hunt by cutting shooting lanes next week. It's very thick and visibility is very limited. We will need to create large shooting lanes in order to see anything and shoot. The largest trees are only 12-15 inches in diameter at most. Building a tower stand is out of the question due to the area. Wind is also very minimal in the swamp.

We plan on bow hunting and gun hunting from this spot as late as into the season as we possibly can go (potentially into January). Due to the location, we will be sitting all day from that stand or blind.

Our decision now is if we should put a tree stand up, or put in a ground blind and fully brush it in. Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on what would be best for this particular situation?