Public Land Treestands?

[turkeyfeather]

The only thing I have a huge problem with , is that some people think that just because they hang a stand on PUBLIC LAND and leave it , and then think that no one else should hunt the area as they have now " locked it up".

I know that I could just go somewhere else , but what "if" i found the perfect saddle that big bulls or bucks passed through like clockwork every day , It wouldn't be right for me or anyone else to hang a stand there and leave it up all year expecting nobody else to hunt it.

This is all hypothetical , but it can and does happen especially on small parcels of state land that is there for ALL OF US  to enjoy .

The same thing could be said about guys setting up camp weeks before with old tents, but not actually using them ,thus keeping somebody from using them in that time period( i know that some places have lots of sites to choose from , but some do not).     

 

Exactly.

[trophyhunt]

Nice try. I said your setting yourself up for it. At no point did that mean or did I indicate it was ok. Again at no point has anyone said it was ok. Obviously in your mind it is by the fact that that is what you are reading into it. Your making things up now which means your reaching to continue to try and be relevant in this discussion.

my beliefs are to leave people's stuff alone and if that makes me irrelevant than ill be done with this thread.  I didn't change your quote?  I think for the most part we are on the same page.  The biggest difference is I don't think people need to assume tree stands in the woods on public lands are free to use or take home, thinking there abandoned. 

[KFhunter]

Hey trophy will you kick all the loggers' butts if they saw down "your" tree with a stand in it?

[turkeyfeather]

Nice try. I said your setting yourself up for it. At no point did that mean or did I indicate it was ok. Again at no point has anyone said it was ok. Obviously in your mind it is by the fact that that is what you are reading into it. Your making things up now which means your reaching to continue to try and be relevant in this discussion.

my beliefs are to leave people's stuff alone and if that makes me irrelevant than ill be done with this thread.  I didn't change your quote?  I think for the most part we are on the same page.  The biggest difference is I don't think people need to assume tree stands in the woods on public lands are free to use or take home, thinking there abandoned.

Again your not paying attention. I never said they were free to take. But I do think they are fair game to use if the owner is not there.

[trophyhunt]

Hey trophy will you kick all the loggers' butts if they saw down "your" tree with a stand in it?

yeah right, I'm such a Internet bad azz.  I've lost one self climber cause some azz hat thought he should take it, and it was locked.  I completely don't have a problem with loggers doing there job, I have a couple good friends that work for Weiss.  I used to build stands in the woods but I would use lag bolts so I could take them down, since self climbers it's been years since I've built one.  I really could care less if someone is in my stand, I wouldn't do it myself but I would expect them to get the hell out of it if I showed up to hunt.  Self climbers don't get abandoned, that's where I'm coming from. 

[Ridgeratt]

Hey KF
I can tell you where there is a Ladder stand!! It has my padlock on it. I'm not sure I want to pack it back out of where I left it!!!

"Hint"  Go to where the old Lookout was and on the switchback corner where you can see my house. It's down there!!!

I'll take that as permission to sit in it 


Wouldn't want you getting all bent out of shape if sat in your abandoned tree stand 

Now you just have to find it!!! 

There was at one time a stand that the loggers left it was the only tree in a clear cut!! That was off of Flat creek. Dangest thing I have seen in a while.  I give them credit they did have a sense of humor!!!   
It stuck out like a bridegrooms weeter!!!   

[KFhunter]

Hey trophy will you kick all the loggers' butts if they saw down "your" tree with a stand in it?

yeah right, I'm such a Internet bad azz.  I've lost one self climber cause some azz hat thought he should take it, and it was locked.  I completely don't have a problem with loggers doing there job, I have a couple good friends that work for Weiss.  I used to build stands in the woods but I would use lag bolts so I could take them down, since self climbers it's been years since I've built one.  I really could care less if someone is in my stand, I wouldn't do it myself but I would expect them to get the hell out of it if I showed up to hunt.  Self climbers don't get abandoned, that's where I'm coming from.

What exactly have I said that you disagree with?  (besides being a dink)

[KFhunter]

Hey KF
I can tell you where there is a Ladder stand!! It has my padlock on it. I'm not sure I want to pack it back out of where I left it!!!

"Hint"  Go to where the old Lookout was and on the switchback corner where you can see my house. It's down there!!!

I'll take that as permission to sit in it 


Wouldn't want you getting all bent out of shape if sat in your abandoned tree stand 

Now you just have to find it!!! 

There was at one time a stand that the loggers left it was the only tree in a clear cut!! That was off of Flat creek. Dangest thing I have seen in a while.  I give them credit they did have a sense of humor!!!   
It stuck out like a bridegrooms weeter!!!   

Why do I get the feeling this is the start of a wild goose chase?   

[Ridgeratt]

I will personally take you to the corner and point you in the right direction!!!  What better offer than that can you have?

OH Ya!! It's big country after that!!   


All you have to do is find "The" tree.

[trophyhunt]

Kfhunter,  I went back and read all your post on this thread and I saw nothing that I disagree with what you've said.  I'm not sure where it went sideways?  As far as being called a dink, heck, I can admit I'm an azz sometimes.  Hunting is a passion and if there's one thing in life that brings out the best and worst of me, it hunting and hunting beliefs.  Take care

[KFhunter]

Kfhunter,  I went back and read all your post on this thread and I saw nothing that I disagree with what you've said.  I'm not sure where it went sideways?  As far as being called a dink, heck, I can admit I'm an azz sometimes.  Hunting is a passion and if there's one thing in life that brings out the best and worst of me, it hunting and hunting beliefs.  Take care

heh  -  well that makes two of us   

[REHJWA]

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