That happened to a guy up in my area. So he wrote a letter to the paper telling the person who took his stand that he forgot one thing. That there was also a deer cam in the same area and he got all kinds of picts of the person taking the stand. He also said that if the guy returned the stand to a certain area he would not press charges. He gave him a certain amount of time to return the stand. If he didnt he would turn the picts into the police and have the guy arrested for theft. Well the guy returned the stand to the place and within the right amount of time. Best part was...............there was no cam. I talked to the guy and he said, what could it hurt to try? So he got his stand back by bluffing...........something you might want to try.......