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kayakfisher:
Sad but yes I have had hang on stands stolen but get this.I built a ladder stand out of two by fours for where I bowhunt at it cost me about thirty dollars.Have been seeing deer there .Well Saturday was opening firearms season here in Missouri.So I grabbed my trusty 54 caliber muzzleloader and headed to the woods.New it was going to be bad when I saw all the cars in the parking area at the Conservation Land area.I didn't think it would be to bad because it is muzzleloader only, boy was I wrong. Figured somebody would be up in my stand. I walked the usual route to my stand and was relieved nobody was in it.Climbed up in it got all settled pulled my rifle up. Then noticed in a hundred to hundred and fifty yard circle all the hunter orange clad hunters spaced out in a circle around my stand.But nobody was in it ,eight hundred plus acres and they all were right there.Not one that enjoys bullet holes in my body. I headed back to the house to hunt another day.It was like hey there's a stand thats got to be a good place.

salad days:
Last year for muzzleloader season I had a ladder stand on top of an oak ridge boardering a big L shaped marsh. I was right over the tip of the L and I could hit the oposite side off the marsh with about a hundred yard shot. Perfect right.? WRONG. about an hour after daylight on opening morning I see a guy in orange stroling along the ridge on the other side. He sat down directly across from me and started looking at me through his binoculars. I started looking at him through my scope hoping he would get my drift but no avail. He sat there all day and every deer that would come into the marsh would wind him before the would get to the L and I had a clear shot. After 3 or 4 times of this happening I was mad as hell. I did shoot a doe out of my other stand this weekend with my 50 cal so at least I have some meat in the freezer and some hide to play with. I still bumbed that I didn't get to stick one with my longbow though. I can't wait till turkey season already. ;D

ricktrojanowski:
Aaron nice job on the doe.  Do  you still have late archery season until the end of Dec?

hawkbow:
This year i was out stalkin mule der during a really serious blizzard, no other hunters were out at all, because of the weather i only took two arrows with me. whan I got back to my truck the door was open, all of my arrows were stolen, several had stone points from Joe and Cowboy and one was my medicine arrow from Pat B..I never dreamed someone would steal here in Wyoming, too many out of staters here during the rifle season... anyway lesson learned, now I leave my bear dog in the cab, should at least leave a good enough blood trail for me to follow next time...Hawk

Minuteman:
Theres some low down turdly folks out there fellers. Ya gotta watch out for them idiots. >:(

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