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Have You Ever Had A Tree Stand Stolen ?
09-22-2006, 10:46 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,913
RE: Have You Ever Had A Tree Stand Stolen ?
Nope, but I have had stands destroyed by hunters. I had a homemade stand made out of treated 2 x4's on my dads 40 acres. I caught a guy hunting out of it when I was about 18. Told him ever so politely
to not come back or I would report him. Came back about a week later, the stand had been destroed with a hatchet. I was mad enough to go monkey stomp the loser....dad simply called the cops. The guy was dumb enough to admit to doing it! He got a $75 , court supervision, and we got about $35 in restitution. He hasn't been back to my knowledge, or if he has, he didn't leave a path of destruction behind.
to not come back or I would report him. Came back about a week later, the stand had been destroed with a hatchet. I was mad enough to go monkey stomp the loser....dad simply called the cops. The guy was dumb enough to admit to doing it! He got a $75 , court supervision, and we got about $35 in restitution. He hasn't been back to my knowledge, or if he has, he didn't leave a path of destruction behind.
09-22-2006, 11:30 AM
#22
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Hagerstown, MD
Posts: 689
RE: Have You Ever Had A Tree Stand Stolen ?
I had had a stand stolen before on private land and it sucks. I dont ever leave a stand in the woods anymore.
I do have an interesting, ethical side question on this matter. I hunt primarly public land, and it MD its not legal to hang stands on public land. Well a group of guys has come in from out of stateand hung 15+ hang on stands on this public land over the last 2 years. A buddy of mine called the DNR about it and they said they would take care of it but nothing was ever done. The gentlemen that hunt these stands now view these areas as theirs to hunt and have tried to chase some other hunters away when they hunted to close to "their" spots. What would you do? I was thinking of leaving the stands alone but just taking all of the tree steps so when they showed up to hunt they couldn't get into their stands. Whats everyone else think?
I do have an interesting, ethical side question on this matter. I hunt primarly public land, and it MD its not legal to hang stands on public land. Well a group of guys has come in from out of stateand hung 15+ hang on stands on this public land over the last 2 years. A buddy of mine called the DNR about it and they said they would take care of it but nothing was ever done. The gentlemen that hunt these stands now view these areas as theirs to hunt and have tried to chase some other hunters away when they hunted to close to "their" spots. What would you do? I was thinking of leaving the stands alone but just taking all of the tree steps so when they showed up to hunt they couldn't get into their stands. Whats everyone else think?
09-22-2006, 12:04 PM
#24
Join Date: Mar 2006
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RE: Have You Ever Had A Tree Stand Stolen ?
Yeap last year I put out a brand new Summit Goliath the week before muzzleloading season. On opening day I found a tree with nothing attached to it. I just hope that it collapsed under whoever stole it and now they are hunting from a wheelchair.
09-22-2006, 01:30 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,288
RE: Have You Ever Had A Tree Stand Stolen ?
Yes i had 2 stolen back to back days so me and my friend stayed in the woods all night in the brush underneath the other 2 stands in the area and we grabbedhim tied his arms behind his backand called the police and the idiot still had my other 2 stands in the back of his truck! so i ended getting them back.
09-22-2006, 08:19 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,288
RE: Have You Ever Had A Tree Stand Stolen ?
the funny thing is when you think about it most of the people stealing treestands are hunters too so there should be another pole to see how many people have stole a treeestand then see how many respones you get lol
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