We just bought 65 acres up north Michigan. Bought a quad, put up 3 tree stands up now me my brother and father in law are doing an evening hunt.
Every fern blowing looks like a deer.scary up in this tree not I got a safety harness.
So happy. In paradise. Like a little piece of our childhood.
Stands and blinds are not hunting. It's sniping. Be a man, get out there and track, locate, and kill your prey.
I would love to but I want to shoot something and they won't even come in close enough when I'm sniping let alone walking and chasing them away. They are very sharp creatures. Keen sense of smell, hearing and sight. Even sitting in a tree if the wind blows the wrong way they will smell you and bolt. Good luck on the ground.
And I have shot deer from the ground. I made a ground blind near a fallen tree and I was totally hidden. I put a pumpkin out every day I went out. Every day I'd come back the pumpkin was eaten after I left. One day the buck was out early and he carelessly came running in for his daily pumpkin and blamo! I shot him with my crossbow.
Crossbow only good up to 60 years. Soon it will be muzzle loader and I'll be able to shoot 200 yards. Maybe I could stalk one and shoot it from 200 yards but not 60. But I'll stay put and bait them with apples, carrots, beats, corn and pumpkin.