My sons and I hunt a rolling upland farm in the Midwest along with the guy that rents the house and his wife and sons. Due to not always knowing where everyone is I much prefer an elevated stand. MudderChuck is exactly right. Those bullets will go a long way when you shoot across country from ground level so I want most of them being aimed toward the ground. We do use ground blinds but mostly tripods and tree stands. The ground blinds are usually used to watch a particular draw and in cold wx. Of late we have had warm weather in the Nov. gun season.