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salad days:
Went out to my best stand today and I could tell something wasn't right before I was half way out there. My trail was wider with many broken sticks and branches and I have been VERY careful not to disturb the area too much all season. Its funny how tuned in your insticts get after a month of hunting. I new 10 minutes into my morning sneek in that someone else had carelessly trampled my trail and that my favorite treestand was probably gone. Sure enough it was. Also sure enough someone has a new stand hung about 50 yards further down the natural funnel between the two marshes. They will more than likely kill one or both of the nice swamp bucks I've been chasing all season on Saturday morning which is the opening day of the Michigan firearm deer season. I had a great chance a week ago on one of these bucks but just could not get a clear shot and saw the other bigger one chasing five does across the swamp. Does this kind of crap happen everywhere or is it just a Michigan thing? This is the second stand i've had stolen in two years. Where have the sportsman gone?

stickbender:

     Yep, Poo Poo happens.  It seems that some think that it is first come, first serve.  They see a nice stand, and if it is not occupied, then they just assume that is there for them.

                                                                                         Wayne

leapingbare:
When i was in KS. i had a hang on stolen and they left the climbing sticks that were worth more then the stand.. some ppl..

Ryano:
Takes balls to hang one back up in the same area you stole one from though don't it. I'd be sitting in his stand come first light on opening day of gun season. Is this on public or private land? You know its illegal to leave a stand up over night in most state owned public land. At least it is in PA and OH. Also you can not cut or damage tree's in anyway. Just something to think about. I've had several stands stolen over the years but, not for a long time. I'm very careful about leaving them in a place where they wont be seen by other hunters.

salad days:
These fools around here stole my sticks too. They left my strap that holds my harness up in the tree. I almost left my backpack up there the other night and decided at the last minute to take it with me. What erks me even more than my stand being gone is that my prime spot is now ruined, for me anyway. I did all the work scouting it out, finding the rub lines, scrapes, patterned two nice bucks, passed on a bunch of does to get a chance at the boss and had a theif take it all away from me. I'm feeling sour grapes today for sure.

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