i can not belive?

Question

i hate a thef aspelly some who would steal a tree stand its hard to belive someone who hunt and enjoys the out doors could be as low to steal i have 2 stands stolen a few years ago the worst thing i have done is someone was hunting the same area as me and put a stand up on a salt block i put out so i took a dump under his stand but i wouldnt have stole his stand hom many of you has had stuff stolen from you in the woods

Answer 1

Where I live .if you leave a stand or blind in the woods past the close of season you will be fined if they find out who owned it, and all items confiscated by the Department of Wildlife.
I bumped in to a hunter last year that told me he had engraved his name and address on his tree stand and left it past deer season.
With in a month he got a fine in the mail from the Department of Wildlife for littering of $250 and they confiscated his stand permanently.
He got an attorney and went to court over this and lost.
Then he had court fees and attorney fees on top of the littering fine and still did not get his stand back.
It is clearly stated in our regulations, You must remove your tree stands at the close of season on all public land.
You should see what happens to those who drive 4 wheelers on Public hunting land.
Fined for destruction of habitat and the 4 wheeler is confiscated permanently.
Our Department of Wildlife don’t play around at all.


D58


Hunting with Rifle, Pistol, Muzzle loader and Bow for over 3 decades.
Reloading Rifle, Pistol and shotgun for over 3 decades.

Answer 2

Up here it's mostly the DNR that screws with our stands. We bear hunt in Chippewa National Forest on the rez. Perfectly legal, especially if you're part of the tribe.

There aren't supposed to be any permanent stands up there. The catch is, that's a "whites only" law. So even though we can legally have permanent stands, the DNR comes through and either wrecks or sabotages them, claiming there's no way to tell what's a white stand and what's a legal tribal member stand. Even if it's clearly marked with your license information.

They're basically just being racist dickheads.

Nobody else screws with our stuff though, because they know my grandfather. He's kind of surly even on his best days. And he used to be a sniper. BAD combo to deliberately provoke. LOL

Answer 3

I've left my stuff sitting out in the field for years and never had anything stolen. But I feel bad for you I do think that possibly it wasn't a hunter maybe an activist they like to mess with stuff I'd hate to think a fellow hunter would do something like that though they do.

Answer 4

Thats a shame,i know how you feel ive had stands stolen also

Answer 5

Not in the woods, but in my own yard.

Last year, this wooden seagull, that was glued to a decorative wood piling in my front yard was taken. I dunno, that gull unglued himself and flew away somewhere.

A couple days ago, someone came into my yard, and stole every rosebud off my bushes. Not even near ready to open yet. They've been neatly snipped off. Gone.

I am sorry that you lost your treestand.

Answer 6

never had anything stolen, but I have had stands etc vandalized. I learned to attach my stands with a huge padlock!!

Answer 7

Thats why I lock my stands and cameras down with logging chains.

Miketyson26

Answer 8

Yeah, I hate when that happens...
could you rig a motion-sensitive camera [well-concealed]
to monitor your stuff?

Answer 9

taking a dump under his stand is just as low as the other person

Answer 10

theives suck. and liars. and anti-hunting people. and anti-gun people.