Great thread, I am not alone sneaking around in the woods or sitting in a ground blind. Thanks for all the responses...

I hunt from a stand on the farm I have permission to hunt.

But stay on the ground when I hunt our local WMA's. I use a Ghillie most of the time and try to use choke points.

Ground pounding is fun but not too productive ,, Bowhunting from the trees is far better for results  and stacks the odds in your favor ,, oh yea sneaking around on the ground(roveing) is fun but ground blinds arn't my thing each to there own,,

I hunt out of trees when I can for deer. Most everything else I hunt on the groud.

Hunted from a tree stand till I was about 22. I fell and broke my leg, 2 miles of dragging my butt across wind fell trees and swamp definitely cooled my desire to hunt from a stand. I found that I really liked ground hunting, you can get closer, it's more of a challenge and sitting in a stand drives me nuts, I really like to move more than you can with a tree stand. Besides there is nothing quite as thrilling as being on the ground with 1000 pound + game that's close enough to make eye contact!

Now I hunt totally from the ground. In many areas you'll need to put in 4-6 miles of spot and stalk everyday to locate game. In some of the areas I hunt the tallest thing is 6 inch high tundra grass, others nothing but rock. Alaskan hunts and tree stands seldom mix well.

QuoteOriginally posted by Gordon martiniuk:
Ground pounding is fun but not too productive ,, Bowhunting from the trees is far better for results  and stacks the odds in your favor ,, oh yea sneaking around on the ground(roveing) is fun but ground blinds arn't my thing each to there own,,

This is completely dependant on your skill set, the area you hunt and the game your chasing. In my experience I do at least as well as my tree sitting counter parts even for white tail, we just set up in and work different areas.

QuoteOriginally posted by wtpops:
99.99% on the ground. The only time I've been in a tree is on a out of state hog hunt

Interesting, why hunt from a tree stand for out of state hogs if your strength is ground hunting?

PS hoping to chase hogs for the first time next winter. I'll be in hawaii for the first time now that I know there is hunting available. (Boiling on a beach with a bunch of yahoos I don't know is my own personal vision of hell)

I do both.I find the ground a little more exciting.

Didnt climb a tree in years now.And I get deer and turkeys and other game within spittin' distance.

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QuoteOriginally posted by wtpops:
99.99% on the ground. The only time I've been in a tree is on a out of state hog hunt

Interesting, why hunt from a tree stand for out of state hogs if your strength is ground hunting?

PS hoping to chase hogs for the first time next winter. I'll be in hawaii for the first time now that I know there is hunting available. (Boiling on a beach with a bunch of yahoos I don't know is my own personal vision of hell) [/b]

I was at a ranch in Oklahoma and they required you to hunt from their stands. You should have seen there faces when they handed me the safty harness and i asked what it was and then told them i had never been in a tree before  

For me, hunting from the ground is the way to go. I get busted alot but that's OK. Hunting black bear over bait will find me in a tree stand. That's a real rush!

... mike ...

I haven't been off the ground since about '73-'74, I have been thinking about it lately.
Hap

I use whatever means best fits the area I intend to hunt. Spot & stalk, natural blinds, tree stands, I like them all. I've even bow hunted out of shooting houses in Alabama. Whatever works for the area.

Every time I get in a tree I start thinking maybe I should be in that other tree.  What if that deer comes thru that other opening?  

About then I start to get ansy and it's only 20 minutes into the hunt.

Needless to say,  I prefer to be on the ground.  

Patrick

I hunt hogs from the ground.I will start hunting deer from the ground when I get to the point I don't want to kill them any more and just like walking around in the woods with a bow.  :D

Ground only for me.  Much more fun and challenging.

Dennis

Ghillie suit. Rancho Safari. What a blast!

I've ground hunted for the last 5 seasons.NATURAL BLINDS AND A GHILLIE.

I hunt mostly from the ground but do occasionally get up in a tree.  Just all depends on how I feel that day I guess but I hunt from the ground at least 90% of the time.