For many reasons I prefer to be up off the ground. Most game looks up much less than ground level. Being up can lessen your scent some.
Some spots you can safely set up a blind.
And the big one safety. Shooting down is a whole lot safer.
A person really has to train themselves to look way beyond what you are shooting at. More so when you are shooting horizontally or upwards. Tunnel vision is common, especially when looking through a scope.
Funny story about that. I had put up a short shooting tower maybe 8 feet tall, 10 feet to the muzzle. Maybe the third time I'd used it, just before sunset a really nice Buck walks by downhill from me, I scope him, set my trigger and get ready to shoot when I see a flicker of light directly behind him.
You really have to train yourself to look behind whatever you are shooting at, it may save you a world of grief.