Stolen Treestand


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Guest bowhunter56

Re: Stolen Treestand

had an api stolen 2 years ago, there are posts here every year, what kind of hunters and sportsmen out there? some are bums, and thieves, even in the woods we have thieves. Ourdoors men and sportsmen are not what they use to be, the majority are good, but any more there are a few out there, well, you know what i mean.

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Don't be so quick to blame other hunters. Anti's will take a stand in a skinny minute.

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Good point, another thing to look at might be the DNR themselves.My brothers turned up missing after season last year.Turned out the DNr had it, they have a rule about having all stands off the public ground within 7 days of the end of season.Any left are confiscated.They gave his back but we immeadiately assumed it had been stolen to crazy.gif

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I had my tree stand stolen a couple of years ago. Public land too. It was always covered with palmetto bushes so the idiot who took it...was looking for it. And was probably the same idiot who stole our trot lines and bush hooks!! ( same area ) There is always going to be that type of person out there. I never leave my tree stand in the woods anymore. When I die, I hope God will still let us hunt and fish and everything will go just right. Nobody stealing our stuff or shooting at us. Perfect weather and nothing but trophies. wink.gif

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Sorry about your stand, I know how you feel. A couple of years ago I had someone try and steal a ladder stand that I had chained to one of my trees. They didn't manage to get the stand, but they did manage to do some considerable damage to the stand frame. The next year I had someone try and steal a hang on stand I had up, luckily that stand was chained on also, but failing to get the stand the prospective thief settled for unscrewing and stealing 15 tree steps that provided access to the stand. Hope you can recover your stand somehow.

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I can guaratee it's not "Dog hunters' they're too buisy gettin' drunk in the truck.

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johnf, do you really think that was an approiate reply to this thread? blush.gif

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I agree, I'm sick of hearing this crap on here. frown.gif

I have had many stolen, all on public land. All had 2 chains which were locked. The DNR also have a rule when you have to have them down here. It is disappointing for sure. mad.gif The people who take them are not hunters as far as I concerned. Most of mine were not even that great, many home-made.

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Guest beardsNspurs

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That is bad....sorry to hear it.

I had a permanent stand built one time on my aunt's property for bow hunting. She had leased it out during the rifle season but she said we could bow hunt the place. I stayed off of it during the rifle season like I told her I would. When I went back in after the rifle season was over......I found that they had taken a screwdriver and torque'd the screws that were holding the platform up so hard they had broken them off . If I had stepped up onto it the stand and me would have come crashing down. The scariest part was, they only did it on one side so it stayed up there and just glancing at it it looked just like I had left it. Thats the extent that some crazies will go. I told my aunt about it...........they haven't been back since thank goodness. My aunt is this little sweet old lady and she had guys like that hunting on her property. Kinda scary if ya ask me

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Guest chicks_hunt_to

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well was the season over ( i bet it was) but some game warrdens (fish cops) will take them if the land has been potched on resently check with them

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Guest MissouriHunter

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My dad's treestand got stolen this year during Missouri's gun season on our property and it was the guys who hunt on the private property next to us. It sucks. He was heartbroken because it was his API chain on. I want revenge but I don't know how to get it. What should i do?

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