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Quote from: Odell on June 23, 2019, 08:12:53 PMi've never done it but I would in a heartbeat. Public land. The beauty of it is that you are free to do what you want within the letter of the law. If the guy who put it there shows up, I would give it to them and wish them luck. But if I'm in the woods and see a stand or blind unoccupied and I feel like sitting in it then heck yeah. But I'm a duck hunter and I am used to sitting in blinds someone else madeI was wondering if anyone was going to use the duck blind similarity.I can’t stand to just sit very long so I don’t think I could do it even if it was my stand.If I did and the owner came along I would do the same as you and move on.
i've never done it but I would in a heartbeat. Public land. The beauty of it is that you are free to do what you want within the letter of the law. If the guy who put it there shows up, I would give it to them and wish them luck. But if I'm in the woods and see a stand or blind unoccupied and I feel like sitting in it then heck yeah. But I'm a duck hunter and I am used to sitting in blinds someone else made
Besides just the ethics of the situation making it a bad idea there are other reasons not to do it. I know a guy who found someone sitting in his stand and the stand squatter ended up with 4 flat tires. I know of another situation where a guy tried chopping the tree down with the stand poacher still in it. I don’t agree with doing that either but you never know the mental state of the hunter who owns the stand ha ha . I know both guys and if you met them on the street nice guys but there are some Idaho hunters who are psycho when it comes to their elk spots. I respect others property in the woods because that’s how I want my stuff treated but pissing off the wrong guy could end badly and they might not let you leave politely
Typically the stands require bait to be active, if the stands are 'freshened up' with bait then they're being used and I don't want to hunt there anyways. If the stands have been sitting dormant and there's no bait then they aren't worth sitting in. What I wouldn't ever do is freshen up someone else's stand with bait, I'd make my own if I wanted to do that...I don't.