Post by: HornHoarder on December 06, 2011, 07:35:23 AM
Post by: TheHunt on December 06, 2011, 08:01:07 AM
Post by: HornHoarder on December 06, 2011, 08:18:36 AM
You cannot be angry with the people in your stand as well. It is public property as soon as you leave it out there.
I do realize that, but fortunately have never had that occur. Although it may be legal to use someone elses stand on public lands, I never would.
Post by: JohnVH on December 06, 2011, 08:20:29 AM
Post by: hunt4 on December 06, 2011, 09:09:08 AM
You cannot be angry with the people in your stand as well. It is public property as soon as you leave it out there.
Seriously? So since I park on a public road and left my keys in my Jeep it becomes public property?
treestands vs vehicles 2 different things but they are still someone else's private possessions and should be treated as :dunno:
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 06, 2011, 09:13:49 AM
Post by: Rick on December 06, 2011, 09:19:30 AM
You cannot be angry with the people in your stand as well. It is public property as soon as you leave it out there.
Seriously? So since I park on a public road and left my keys in my Jeep it becomes public property?
treestands vs vehicles 2 different things but they are still someone else's private possessions and should be treated as :dunno:
Are you really comparing your Jeep with a bunch of 2x4s nailed to a tree?
IMO,unless you're actually in the stand,they're fair game.
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 06, 2011, 09:25:37 AM
Post by: gjbruny on December 06, 2011, 09:39:09 AM
Are you really comparing your Jeep with a bunch of 2x4s nailed to a tree?
absolutely...... just because one costs more means nothing..... it is still personal property. my wedding ring, at the time, cost as little as a high end tree stand today...... let say i took it off to screw in some tree steps and left it hanging on the bottom step (unlikely but i guess it could happen). some guy (granted he would have to be a real "fruit") come along and stumbles across it and decides to keep it for himself..... what would be the difference between that and him stumbling onto the treestand and taking it? now why would it be different than stumbling on "THEHUNT's" jeep and helping himself to it? tangible value should play no part in it.
If it is on public land it shouldn't be a couple "2x4's nailed to a tree". That's illegal in the first place. However, if I place a commercially available stand and I go in and a guys is in it we are going to have words. If he sets one up in the tree next to me he is a low life (of course he is a low life either way) but not much I can do about it.:yeah:
Post by: BuckHunter23 on December 06, 2011, 09:50:15 AM
Post by: chukar hunter on December 06, 2011, 10:39:20 AM
Post by: Atroxus on December 06, 2011, 10:51:14 AM
If it is on public land it shouldn't be a couple "2x4's nailed to a tree". That's illegal in the first place. However, if I place a commercially available stand and I go in and a guys is in it we are going to have words. If he sets one up in the tree next to me he is a low life (of course he is a low life either way) but not much I can do about it.
I don't want to derail the thread here so I moved my response to a separate thread. http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,88166.0.html
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 06, 2011, 03:13:55 PM
Ok, so I really don't know anything about bow hunting at all. That includes tree stand etiquette. I think it would be a fair statement, to me anyway, that if you come across someone else's stand you should probably find another spot and not sit in theirs. However, being that it is public land and open to anyone, why should you be allowed to leave your stand in the woods when you are not hunting an area? I only ask because I truly don't know the answer to that question. If I am a hunter walking through the woods and I come across an area I think might be a good spot to hunt, I'd probably hunt it. If I saw another hunter in the same area, I would move on. But leaving stands in a tree and expecting someone to stay out of it or out of the area in general doesn't seem right to me. Last time I checked, public land is open to anyone. Seems like leaving a stand up in a tree is kinda like trying to claim an area? Unless I saw someone else sitting in that stand, I would just ignore it and continue to hunt the area. The next question I would have is in regards to your last statement "If he sets one up in the tree next to me he is a low life". To me, that statement makes it sound as if you are claiming that area and the other hunter should know that and move on. If you aren't in your stand or in the general area at that time, why should it matter if someone else hunts that spot? Maybe they were trying to be courteous by not sitting in your stand and put up their own so that when they were in the area, they could hunt it as well without disturbing your property. :dunno: Maybe they should setup a few trees over? Just trying to see it from the other perspective, since I truly don't know bow hunting ettiquette.
I will respond to this on the other thread that Atroxus started: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,88166.0.html
Post by: Cylvertip on December 06, 2011, 03:40:13 PM
You cannot be angry with the people in your stand as well. It is public property as soon as you leave it out there.
Seriously? So since I park on a public road and left my keys in my Jeep it becomes public property?
treestands vs vehicles 2 different things but they are still someone else's private possessions and should be treated as :dunno:
Are you really comparing your Jeep with a bunch of 2x4s nailed to a tree?
:dunno: could be the reason why the spanish pronunciation sounds like heap :P
Post by: jackmaster on December 06, 2011, 03:45:27 PM
people should still be courteous enough to stay out, IMO. If its not yours.......:yeah: 100000% correct, if it aint yours then keep your dick beaters off of it
Post by: HornHoarder on December 06, 2011, 05:59:02 PM
Post by: huntnnw on December 06, 2011, 09:54:40 PM
You cannot be angry with the people in your stand as well. It is public property as soon as you leave it out there.
so along with that logic if you set up camp on state land u wont mind me using it while you are out?
Post by: high country on December 06, 2011, 10:10:07 PM
Post by: huntnnw on December 06, 2011, 10:15:22 PM
Then I hear theres people hunting everywhere..there is no where to hunt....RIGHT!!
Post by: the1rod on December 06, 2011, 10:16:19 PM
Post by: MtnMuley on December 06, 2011, 10:26:32 PM