I seem to have atleast one stand stolen a year.lastr year was the first year I actually had what I started with.I put 2 stands in one tree a couple years ago.I had a friend who didnt bow hunt come and stay a couple weeks with me during season.I had just bought one of the stands to put him in and some new climbing sticks.Well i shot a nice buck out of that tree first day we hunted it.I came back 2 days later to get the stands and mpove them to another property and they were gone.Talk about mad.I had them both locked on.They cut thew locks.Atleast they took them instead of throwing them on the ground.Prolly knew I would have the police check them for prints.
One good thing came out of it though.My friend was hooked from the first time I took him.He asked me to take him the next day so he could buy a bow.We got hima PSE and I set it up for him.Unfortunately he passd away before the next season so he didnt ever get to get his first deer.