Personally, I think too much is made of tree stands and blinds, especially in colder areas. If I was warm and the leaves were on the trees, I'd go with a climbing tree stand in a swamp,at best, during gun seasons.

In my mind, there's getting to be too much dependence on single sites. If the trend continues, I'll get a GPS, just to mark the permanent tree stands. and get to cover the other 98% of the land. In archery season, of course, it's definitely different. There you need to get close to the deer, and leaves are usually on the trees.

Of course, I'm an old time gun hunter, and I've always avoided permanent sites like the plague. As if any deer made a appointment to visit the site I picked.