I’ve been hunting from the ground on and off for 30 years. Not sure why but I get a kick out of it. On more than one occasion I’ve had deer writhing touching distance but the wind has to be perfect. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had them close enough I could smell them (again wind!). Here’s a pic I took a couple years ago during bow season. Both bucks are at 15 or so yards in the pic. Had to wait until they walked off to snap the pic 😂.