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Quote from: BULLBLASTER on August 26, 2015, 02:03:39 PMI wouldn't go anywhere near a stand that's been strapped to a tree for 8+ years. I also wouldn't set in someone's stand on public land without their permission. That is piss poor ethics in my book. I realize it's public land and anyone can use it but would piss me off. If I came to my stand and someone was sitting in it I would decide to sit right under it and hunt anyways. Did I mention that I usually get lots of phone calls while I'm hunting and I need to talk real loud fort he other person to hear me? I may even remove and take my tree steps or ladder sticks home. Really is bs to use someone's stand. Kind of an unwritten rule in the whitetail world by serious guys.So now define the type of person that leaves a stand in a tree for 8+ years please.
I wouldn't go anywhere near a stand that's been strapped to a tree for 8+ years. I also wouldn't set in someone's stand on public land without their permission. That is piss poor ethics in my book. I realize it's public land and anyone can use it but would piss me off. If I came to my stand and someone was sitting in it I would decide to sit right under it and hunt anyways. Did I mention that I usually get lots of phone calls while I'm hunting and I need to talk real loud fort he other person to hear me? I may even remove and take my tree steps or ladder sticks home. Really is bs to use someone's stand. Kind of an unwritten rule in the whitetail world by serious guys.
It just occured to me that I won't be using those stands, they're all burnt up Man wish I could go scouting, I'll probably not hunt this year with the closures and no ability to scout.
The following statement applies only to archery hunter's....Gun hunter's have much more freedom of movement and typically don't take the time to meticulously make setups like tree stands. That's not a negative statement towards gun hunter's...that's just typically how they operate. I would be more mobile myself if it was more feasible with a bow.No real hunter would sit in another man's stand! If for no other reason than a real hunter believes in his set up. No way in hell would I use an unproven set up with the limited number of days I have to actually hunt. If you haven't located a deer that you want to hunt by the time it's hunting season then you are literally hoping for a miracle. Hope is not a strategy!Most serious hunter's (with any time) are excited to hunt their favorite spot because they actually have real proof that deer are at their spot at some point. The guy who jumps into another man's stand has NO PLAN! If he did he would walk right on by another's setup. Climbing in it would never enter his mind.You show me a hunter who climb's in another's stand and I will show you a hunter who rarely has success.
Quote from: KFhunter on August 26, 2015, 02:23:45 PMIt just occured to me that I won't be using those stands, they're all burnt up Man wish I could go scouting, I'll probably not hunt this year with the closures and no ability to scout.Like perhaps this one. It is around the Renner Lake Fire or used to be.I could put the other photo up with the owner's name
cbond- I simply won't sit in a setup of any kind unless I have supreme confidence in it. That includes my own. Before trail cameras I would hang 3-5 sets. Some of them I never hunted out of because I didn't have enough confidence in the set. Usually that was based on lack of activity. Now that I have cameras...I won't hang a stand until the spot produces. If it doesn't pan out after a week or two I move the camera until it does pan. Only then would I hang a stand. If I go to the trouble of hanging a stand; it's a good one and no other stand on earth will distract me from my spot unless I have another one of equal potential.That's my whole point. A guy who will jump in another man's stand clearly has nothing going for himself.
Quote from: Seabass on August 26, 2015, 02:52:46 PMcbond- I simply won't sit in a setup of any kind unless I have supreme confidence in it. That includes my own. Before trail cameras I would hang 3-5 sets. Some of them I never hunted out of because I didn't have enough confidence in the set. Usually that was based on lack of activity. Now that I have cameras...I won't hang a stand until the spot produces. If it doesn't pan out after a week or two I move the camera until it does pan. Only then would I hang a stand. If I go to the trouble of hanging a stand; it's a good one and no other stand on earth will distract me from my spot unless I have another one of equal potential.That's my whole point. A guy who will jump in another man's stand clearly has nothing going for himself.I understand your point but in the context of this thread it brought a thought to me of where is the line drawn on ethically marking public land as private property and in turn ethically using that public land? Its an endless discussion with a million different opinions, its been a slow day here at work...
