How many tradgangers arehitting the ground this year using gullie suits and do you think you will be sucessful
I am planning on doing more ground hunting this year with my ASAT 3D suit. Not sure how successful it will be but ought to be fun.
I don't have a ghillie suit, but have hunted the ground off and on before. Have had some success, but get busted due to movement. Ghillie suit would be nice, but most of them aren't cheap.
I'm planning on being 99.9% on the ground this year.
I hunt from ground level 50% of the time. I have good good luck shooting deer from the ground. Well it aint all luck, after all I tried to do it.
I always hunt on the ground, the Shaggy suit works wonders. I used Ghillies in the Army and the worked wonders to. You can make one cheap using dyed burlap, some mesh netting and a waist length jacket. RIT dye comes in a lot of good colors.
I'm gonna be on the ground this year. I made some ghillie gloves, I'm almost done with my ghillie hat and then I'm gonna try to make a ghillie jacket out of a cheap XXL camo shirt I got at Wally world. If it doesn't work out I'll buy a ghillie jacket.
When I first started trad hunting I did both(tree & Ground) and had good luck from the ground.I want to try it again and I am so figitve any more I don't know if it would work for me again.There is nothing like the rush that happens when you take one from the ground.Maybe this year with my 54" Morrison there might be a ground attack...
always hunt from the ground.
!00% on the ground unless I find a short cliff to over look a trail or a fallen tree truck to climb up on.
On-bow-blind and my shaggie longcoat with the wind in my face.
God bless,Mudd
2010 Season will be Shaggie and ground pounding or sitting in ambush.
Hunt both ways,more from a tree, but the best buck encounters last couple times have been from ground level! Guess they aren't ready for that angle! LOL
Mostly on the ground, but I won't rule out a tree stand either.
I hunt on the ground. It's hard getting this fat a$$ up a tree. Besides it more fun.
Stalking and Still Hunting is the only way for me!
Not even going to put up a stand this year! Made a ghillie suit we'll see how it goes. :pray:
I start hunting less and less out of trees about 2 years ago and it has rejuvenated my predator instincts. The adrenaline flows faster and earlier with my ground encounters. My success rate has dropped but the fun factor makes it a more enjoyable (for me) hunt.
I'll be on the ground 100% of the time. I'm giving my old treestands to my buddies.
I use Day One ASAT light fleece when warm and Day One ASAT wool when cold enough.
Being from Michigan, the heaviest bowhunted state, my property is in the heaviest pressured county. So, there's as much hunting pressure in my area as in anywhere in the nation.
Knowing that, I recommend using a lot of natural cover around you, if hunting similar pressured area's. If in an area with low to moderate hunting pressure, you can get away with a lot more. But you need 3-4 times cover than you might think if hunting area's with very heavy hunting pressure.
Last year, I killed a buck and a doe at 14-15 yards using natural ground cover/branches/logs.
Like I did last year, this year again going to carry my "turkey blind" (camo fabric over paracord clothesline held up by some old 2117s) and a lightweight folding chair. This is a very lightweight blind I can easily move to always be downwind if wind shifts, even during the same morning/evening hunt. I hunker down behind it with only my camo face and cap showing. Didn't get busted by several close and upwind deer last year with it, but no shots either. Hope to remedy that in about six weeks here in TX! Come on October! :archer:
I always hunt from the ground
The older I get, the more appealing the ground becomes! I will be there a lot more---not ready to quit climbing trees totally, but getting there for sure!!
I'm actually moving the other way this year, trying out the trees for a change of pace. Probably will be about 50/50 ground/trees.
I plan on doing more ground hunting this year than in the past. One of the main reasons is the hip replacement I had in April.
I bought a Rancho Safari longcoat and hope to give it a lot of use this fall.
I'll be on the ground SOME. No Ghillie, yet, but eyeing them up. They look deadly and most everyone here speaks highly of them. Will start out tho' with just muted plaids and as Mudd said, wind in the face. "Wind in the face".. until it swings around onto my neck with the closely followed crashing away up ahead....
I set up a DB blind two weeks ago. I think the pic tells the story.
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I've spent the last couple years soly on the ground, and the vast majority of my time before that in treestands. This year I'm gonna mix it up and let the terrain and local conditions dictate where and how I setup. That said, I'd bet I spend more time on the ground, probably somewhere around 60-40.
I plan on hunting from the ground most of the time this year. In March saw a thread on here about ghost blinds I investigated them finally got a dealer within driving distance.Looked at one hands and got one. Should be interesting to see how well it works.
Pretty much 100% on the ground....
I am on the ground this year is a Rancho Safari shaggire longcoat.
Dean I just went to the ghost blind site.
That looks great, I think you will have good success with that.
I only hunt the ground and I sure hope I will continue to be successful. :pray:
Never been in a bird house. Almond trees and peaches would only get you four feet up any way.And scrub oak are not much taller.You miss too much stuff sitting in one spot.
What ever I have to do to get an arrow in the air.
My season is within 10 days; the bucks and bulls still have velvet; still sticking to a pattern.
But any day that can change- and so might my plans.
I hunted in tree stands last year, the first time in years, until they were vandalized and/or stolen. I will be back on the ground.
Thinkin' about it...
-Jeremy
I will be on the ground in my shaggy coat 90% of the time. I have a couple ladder stands up, but won't use them much.
Ghillie suits? We don't need no ghillie suits!
On the ground as usual. Never hunted any other way. But thats not to say I can't see the benefits of another way. Its just not for me thats all.
I really enjoy being on the ground, working through the timber or watching a funnel.
Joshua
In 45 years of bowhunting I,ve been in a tree once,bowhunting for Moose.Just enjoy the freedom of groundhunting.
I stay on the ground 80% of the time
More on the ground every year. Haven't tried the Ghillie yet.
When I sit, I sleep. Its on the ground and moving slow for me. I have used stands occasionally, both tree and ground and probably will again from time to time.
Any way you hunt,either on the ground or in a tree is better than sitting at home.
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/2crazyboys_photos/DSCN1782.jpg)Ill be doing quite a bit of hunting from this blind.I have a ladder very close to this blind but I think Ive been patterned by the deer the last couple of seasons.This blind is deeper and now a little higher than what you see in the pic.Ive killed a mess of deer from this hill from the ground but the landownr had it logged several years ago and wouldnt you know my old oak tree that I used to sit against fell victim to the chainsaw.
i don't have a suit,but i will be hitting the ground in brown pants and a brown plaid shirt.i almost got one last year this way,maybe this year i will be luckier.i was 10 foot from two does,at the last minute they busted me.a suit might better my chances,but i am tring to go old school.i don't care if i get one or not.good luck this season,steve
I am a ground hunter. Something about being at their level that makes it exciting for me. I haven't thought of a ghillie suit yet, I like ShapeShifter camo right now. I wish I could find that pattern again, mine is getting a bit faded.
Going to be doing both ground and air. Probably hunt tree stand early season,blind is just too hot until it cools up
I'm "grounded "this year due to medical issues but I'm looking forward to it as a new opportunity.Have'nt missed Ohio opening day in 25yrs .Not about to let a bad hip change that.
its the ground for me. thats what i LOVE its just a little more injoyfull for me :thumbsup: :pray:
I've been on the ground the last 2 years and realy enjoy it. Havent' had any luck yet but I've had deer so close I could reach out and touch them. I don't have a ghillie suit but the leafy wear works really good.. planing on being there again this year! Good Hunting to all you ground hunter's, Jason
I was just saying to my buddy today that I really enjoyed hunting more when I first started about 35 yrs. ago.(Hard to believe it's been that long!) I'd just walk in with my recurve and a small stool. Over the years I started carrying treestands and allot of other junk. Last year I was back to just the curve and the seat. I didn't get a buck but I did have a nice 8 pointer bed down just out of my range. I'll be on the ground again this year.
Probably 50% of the time for me.
I've never used a tree stand for deer or elk, always moving on the ground.
From the ground 95% of the time, but I never rule out the treestand if the location calls for it.
I'll be hunting from the air more than the ground, although I did hunt from the ground this past Thursday. I was about 12 yds from several does and had a large buck hang up about 40 yds out. It wasn't deer season yet, but it was fun to sit....too bad a hog didn't walk out.
I practiced a few longbow draws and felt very confident. I can't wait for season to get here.
The ground is where I learned and it is mostly where I will stay :archer:
Gound hunting is the best way to experience the hunt. Very exciting when you get within 10 yards of a deer. I wouldn'thunt any other way.
You don't really need the gullie suit. Just watch your movement and hunt the wind and they will never know your there.
Good Luck on the ground this year.
I've harvested probably 3/4 of the bucks with the bow in my time from the dirt.Either from drives or still or stalking.Still have my Screaming Eagle loc-on for scrape huntin though.Fun time is windy/rainy in the corn fields,or tracking snow.
I hunt almost exclusively from the ground. Even when I use a tree stand I usually only have it a foot or two off the ground. Using a tree stand this way in a ground blind provides a quiet and comfortable platform that helps to avoid upsetting the ground causing noise or changes in scent.
I hunt a 1,500 private lease and i have over 15 lock-ons hung all around the property.
I just can't sit still long enough to be hunting on the ground.
The few times i have hunted on the ground was out of my buddies ground blind, im 6,2 and really long armed and i just can't pull it off.
I hunt up down and all around. Good luck
It will be my first season of traditional bow hunting and I will do most of it one the ground. Will try the shaggie long coat and the bushrag. I want to take a deer eye to eye.
I'll be on the ground but not in a ghillie suit.
If i can land some permission on a piece iv been eye up for a couple years now i will be siting in my gillie and still hunting all over
My first trad deer two years ago was walking back to the cabin from my tree stand so I certainly got hooked on the idea as part of my hunting options for whitetail.
The ground for me.
I'm a ground stalker too. No ghillie, just regular camo and stick to the shadows/shade the best I can.
-Mack
I tried a gillie, but it didn't look good on me. When I was walking around practicing in my yard a woman called the police on me. Is it considered assault when a police officer injures himself while laughing himself into a stroke?
I hunt on the ground nearly 100% of the time but no ghillie suit.
It's alot safer than resting your feet on a 18x24" platform, strapped to a tree...Been on the ground all these years with the exception of bear hunting or one stand my buddy has for me...large platform 10 ft high....
Pick out the right ambush locations and ground hunting is extremely effective....
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I guess im not as good a hunter as some of you. Ive got to use a G-suit or some kind of leafy gear. where i hunt im the tallest thing out there sitting down.
My stands are getting shorter and shorter. Have a couple of natural blinds set up for this season.......Randy
I might have to go to the ground this year, do to a hand injury. Not sure if I trust its strength. I usually mix it up during the season anyway, all depends on where I'm hunting.
I'll be on the ground some this year. I'll hunt a few ladders as well. The further I have to go back into public land, the more likely I'll be on the ground with my Guille when I get there. :archer2:
Only been up a tree once and that was for bear. Other than that it's been 100 percent ground attack for me. Although I'm thinking about a stand for whitetail here in N. Idaho this fall???
Travis