Guest DIRTY DUKE Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Has this happened to anyone else? I hung my climber last week in the perfect tree in the perfect spot I had scouted all summer. Walked in before daylight headlamp on walked up to what I thought was my tree and there's no stand. I thought I had walked to the wrong tree so I stood there untill daylight because I didn't want to be stomping around aimlessly running everything outa there in the dark. Sure enough when it got light enough for me to see I was at the right tree. Who has the nerve to steal someones climber stand???? To make it worse it's private property that my family hunts and noone else so that means not only is he a thief but a trespassing thief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Sorry to hear about your theft. There is always someone to ruin this great sport of ours. They don't realize that they just commited a crime against another hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WGABuck Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Check pawn shops. Also, figure out who may have found out you were hunting over there.. try to see if anyone you knew has the stand.. without letting on, you might find it was taken by a person that knew it was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 I've had 2 or 3 hangons stolen. I'm done with them. I won't be lining thieves' pockets anymore. Sorry to hear about your stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.ALLEN.IA Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 That definitely sucks a big one! Most stands are cheap enough any more to get started, not sure why any Jack A** would steal them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearClaw Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Sorry about your stand. Had a ladder stand and separate seat stolen once. It was up behind my house a couple of hundred yards. I went to get it after turkey season and I had a gut feeling that it wasn't going to be there, and it wasn't. That is a pretty low thing to do. Those people aren't hunters, they are just shooters and there's a big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turkeyhuntr Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 That really sucks. I had one stolen once and since then I take my stand in just before dark the night before I intend to hunt from it and lock it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 sorry to hear about the stands..i've been lucky so far, especially with this group of hunters that run around the property we hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianaboy Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Had 4 of them stolen this year!! Had them set up for videoing. 4 stands and 2 sets of climbing sticks!!!:mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwood8701 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Had a climber stolen 2 years ago. Went out for an evening hunt ON PRIVATE PROPERTY to find that it was gone. However, it had snowed all day and to my luck, fresh footprints would apear. After following the crooks I tracked them staight to their trailer house. 20 min later the PA state police and I made a visit. Long story short, I got my stand back they got a courtdate. So keep your eyes and ears open, most crooks are pretty stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Sorry to hear about your stand. That really stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehunter Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 That stinks, maybe you should check with your neighbors and see if they have seen any vehicles parked in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yep, It happens more than you think or know. Had an api taken a few years ago, The theft is bad enough in town, but they even steal in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Sorry to hear that. I hate thieves!!! I bought a climber because I couldnt leave stands in the woods without them being stolen. No offense, but leaving a climber attached to the bottom of a tree is like giving Kobe Bryant a free lay up. Your making it real easy for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigalt78 Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 yeah man that sucks my buddy had his stand stolen in my spot. you cant trust anyone that's why i always just carry my climber in every time i go it sucks but it gets expensive losing stands im sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DIRTY DUKE Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I found the point of entry yesterday. There is a gate on the back of the property that backs up to about 500 acres owned by someone else. The lock was cut and it looks like someone has been using it frequently. I contacted the land owner and he was unaware of anyone hunting his property other than his family wich I know and they are good people. I set up a trail cam to try and get some pics. Don't know if it will work or not but I figured it was worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YJsmitty Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Last year on the way to where I park I decided to drop my API Grand Slam climber stand off for I didnt have to carry it so far I put it in the ditch behind a tree where you couldnt see it from the road I park got dressed was walking down the road and a guy in a black chevy Z71 drove by smiling and waving so I waved back. Then I got to my treestand should be and it was gone. I had never been so mad!!! I couldnt believe it. And I have never seen that truck again around my hunting area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sorry man !!! Know the fealing. I've had a stand, Doghouse blind, and a heater in a box blind stolen on private property. Nothing makes me angrier. And sighns only keep the honest man out !!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DIRTY DUKE Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sorry man !!! Know the fealing. I've had a stand, Doghouse blind, and a heater in a box blind stolen on private property. Nothing makes me angrier. And sighns only keep the honest man out !!!!!!!!! I think that's what upsets me the most. The thought of stealing anything has never crossed my mind....rules and morals mean nothing to some people. The ones who respect others and follow rules are always the ones who get screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad dryden Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I had a climber stolen before and it does stink but after that I either cover my strand with branches and leaves to help prevent it....But I have also had someone hunt in my ladder stand several times becouse I found their drag rage hanging just a few yards away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Newtson Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 ya i feel your pain...i haven't gotten my stand stolen before but i had my tackle box stolen....had over $500 worth of stuff in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 that really sucks. i'd make a police report, as they check the pawn shops for miles around. other counties, and even other states. it will show up. good luck with the trail cam. and, i'll bet it's not a hunter. it's a mushroom collector, or anti hunter just trying go disrupt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DIRTY DUKE Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 that really sucks. i'd make a police report, as they check the pawn shops for miles around. other counties, and even other states. it will show up. good luck with the trail cam. and, i'll bet it's not a hunter. it's a mushroom collector, or anti hunter just trying go disrupt. I haven't thought of that....it's really not out of the relm of possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_in_cky25 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 theives are the mud under my boots IMO, i have a hang on stand on the property i hunt and i just take my climbing sticks with me when in go hunting, if they can get my stand down being it is about 20 to 25 feet up the tree without the sticks then they must really want it. and besides stands start at like 50 bucks i mean come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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