Tree stand on DNR land

[huntnnw]

 

[Seabass]

The duck blind comparison is ABSOLUTELY ASININE!! For so many reasons I can't even begin to list. When you start buying duck blinds and hanging them 20 feet off the ground then w'ell talk. When you hunt an individual duck and can prove that.....we'll talk. When ducks start living solitary lives in heavy cover......we'll talk. When the state limits you to a single duck per season and you get 23 days to find that single duck.....we'll talk. When "hanging" a duck blind becomes dangerous.....we'll talk. I could go on and on and on with more reasons why big game hunting and waterfowl hunting have little in common beyond the description of hunting.

You must not duck hunt much. Many places duck blinds are built well and those who built them feel like they own them. Some have been used by the same families and parties for generations. Heck there are blinds made from big pontoon boats worth thousands of dollars anchored and left in the potholes all season long.

And why would bag limits and perceived level of danger have anything to do with using an abandoned blind or tree stand?

It seems crazy to me that people think they can leave a stand on public land and then pitch a fit if someone finds it and uses it. Even the law makes it clear. 

And for the record, I have on two occasions been in a duck blind more than 20 ft off the ground.

You must not bow hunt from tee stands much. I don't duck hunt anymore. I also don't offer ridiculous opinions about the subject either.

[Seabass]

I don't understand how you waterfowler's can't see that the stakes are a little higher for a deer hunt than a duck hunt. One deer per season and only a few weeks to hunt vs. 7? Ducks per day and 3 months to hunt. If you can't hunt the blind you want it's not nearly as critical to your outcome.

[Odell]

That's not the part I don't get. I don't get being upset if someone is in your stand. They found an abandoned stand on public land. let them hunt it, or get there earlier or tell them you are taking it. But don't act like you own that tree on public land.  Just my .02. I probably wouldn't hunt a stand I found for safety reasons but the fact that someone else put it there and they "might" come by that day wouldn't bother me a bit. It's public land and within the law. Packing your stand out is probably the best bet to ensure you can use it whenever you want.

[PA BEN]

A good cable lock and pull the bottom steps/ladder. Most hunters don't steps to get into a stand.

[REHJWA]

If I don't want anyone to use it, I pack it in and out every day. I don't like leaving my stuff in the woods because I don't want to infringe on everyone else's hunt.

[gonehuntin68]

someone in it ...better be prepared for me if I ever see someone in one my stand

First come first serve on dnr. Don't like it don't set up on public land. Pretty simple


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Who is that much of a loser to sit in someone else stand?  Would love someone to try that to mine.

[soccerftw123]

Someone put a tree stand up in the area I've hunted for the past four years and got upset with me for spreading sent. He didn't realize I had been putting salt blocks there and thats why there were animals in that location. I don't like the idea of tree stands because its like claiming a hunting spot. I wouldn't hesitate to set one up but i believe it would be fair game to use. 

[Dan-o]

someone in it ...better be prepared for me if I ever see someone in one my stand

First come first serve on dnr. Don't like it don't set up on public land. Pretty simple


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Who is that much of a loser to sit in someone else stand?  Would love someone to try that to mine.

Just curious what you'd do, given that it's perfectly legal for someone to use something that you left abandoned on public land.

Why are you guys so entitled to feel that you can leave stuff out on public land and claim that land as your own?

[gonehuntin68]

The tree stand is mine. If I park my truck on public land you going to drive it away?

[jkthomps]

The tree stand is mine. If I park my truck on public land you going to drive it away?

That is a ridiculous comparison.

[chester]

The tree stand is mine. If I park my truck on public land you going to drive it away?

Are you going to strap your truck to a public owned tree hoping an animal comes to it?if not your comparison is pretty far fetched .

And I don't know anyone saying that it's ok if your stand walks off. There is a big difference between taking something that isn't yours and what the law says about using a blind.  If you find someone in it there is no legal issue and I don't see how you could make a scene over it,Move it later if you wish or make sure you beat everyone to it. If someone is walking out with it on their back it'd be a big problem and that's completely understandable.


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[Dan-o]

The tree stand is mine. If I park my truck on public land you going to drive it away?

Will you leave me the keys?     

So, using your logic, I hereby claim units 100-130.    I'm pretty sure I was there before you, so you better stay out of them.   "Just be prepared for me if I see someone in my Stand GMUs."

[gonehuntin68]

Good luck using other peoples stands. Hope you don't run into a guy like me. 

[chester]

Good luck using other peoples stands. Hope you don't run into a guy like me. 

Yep about as much as I'd hope to not run into a weed grower or tweaker with a lab who also thinks that spot on public land is theirs.


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