You must be a lot younger than me because up until 20+ years ago, you couldn’t hunt from an elevated stand with a firearm in my home state of Michigan. You had to be on the ground. Most people used ground blinds. Many people would build blinds of out foliage/down timber in the woods, because it’s free. Now you have pop up blinds which are easy and convenient, but cost $. I just bought 81 acres a few years ago. I am building hardened ground blinds this summer for a few spots. Pop up blinds are ok but hardened ones are better for my style of hunting. I put a premium on comfort nowadays. When it’s -10 outside, I want to be toasty warm on the inside.

"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.