Originally posted by Cap'n Bells:

they tend to attempt to get to you, therefore they end up beneath you.. allow for that in your vantage points... i build raised walkways between trees supported horizontally by corewood and effectively have a web of them so i can run away from above them and archer them from another angle easily..

Did something similar on an earlier run with the covered bridge aka elevated cartway thru the swamp; had doors often, particularly when above support pillars :)