Planter

I don't understand how the number of maggots increase as the number of deer go down and itdoes not matter why the stands are stolen or trashed.If you wrap a ribbon around a piece of turd....you still got turd...and a thief is always a thief but call them what you want...

smokepolehall

I don't really understand how stole ladder stand has anything to do with the lack of deer to hunt! A theif is a theif![:'(]

sproulman

stoled stands are taken for these reasons, money for drugs,cant afford a stand,your hunting in their area........
all comes back to lack of deer,if there was deer like i saw,you did not need stand to hunt,lots of deer..

those same hunters and others i see today are after MEAT...
this year should be a nasty one...
meat prices are terrible..
i dont shoot a doe/fawn so kids will have deer someday...
you should see the hunters at gun shop this week DESPERATE to get that doe tag in..
these are same people who carry KIDS tags around shooting 4 or 5 doe..

i will post a topic over on deer hunting site on what a WCO said about some of the hunters here in his area ,lycoming co. pa..
that should answer WHY!

smokepolehall

Good God y'all, them dopers ain't tromping thru these woods around here in hopes of getting lucky to find a deer stand. Most of them folks is city people, and snakes big as my leg around here keep'em out of the woods.[]

Planter

I guess I think for the most part when a stand gets stolen it is done by another hunter and not some crackhead creeping around the woodsor some guy looking for an extra doe to feed his family.

sekoutdoors

No matter the WHY, the fact that we have come to the point in our society that we no longer respect others is just plain said. Doing the right thing counts the most if done when nobody sees it happen!

Joe

Sagittarius

Tape a bunch of razor blades in unseen areas on your stand.
That way when the theif is taking it down, he just mightcut the hell out of himself.
Just make sure you remember all the locations where you taped the blades.


Sag.

smokepolehall

If i had the money fer a good trail camera. I would set it up in a near by tree to watch my stand.High up where they wouldn't be looking fer it.Then it would take pic's of the low down scurvy dog that was stealing it. Take him to court on theift and or get S O to arrest him/ her and press charges![:-][]

sproulman

smoke, trail cameras are being stolen also and most are on PRIVATELAND...
if you put camera up high, it will not work,beam has to hit low...
if they see your camera up high, they will climb up or shoot it off tree...

i had poachers on my land, i set up camo camera..
guess what a got..
i got best poacher picture you will ever want..
he was dressed in camo with a ski mask on..
he stood in front of camera waving at me,he knew where camera was..
they are notdumb, they look around and they WILL find your camera because you can only put it at right height to get shot.....

latest thing they are doing is wearing a ski mask when they steal your stand.....
most are on 4 wheelers also....

sproulman

we all get very mad but i think we dont want anyone hurt..
just shoot their tires off their truck is better or cinder block thru window...
last year i stopped a 72 year old hunter who was pushing trees down ahead of me while i was taking my ladder stand 1 mile into woods...
i bet i had 40 trees ahead of me i had to stop and try to remove..
i asked him why,he said, I SAW DOE AND ITS MINE..i was here first..
got news for him, i have been here for 41 years,i never did these things..
sadly, its getting this way..
with meat prices going up, i see it getting worst.................