RE: Big Suprise!!
I had something similar happen to me Saturday. My ladder stand has been on a hilltop for three years on my friends farm. When I got up to it Saturday afternoon the seat was gone. At first I thaught it blew off, then I remembered that it was held onto the armrests with six straps and the back strapped around the tree. At least they didn't take the whole thing. They just wanted to piss me off. It really sucked standing up there for four and a half hours with no seat.
But waite, it got worse. I have never killed a turkey and Saturday was opening day. Four big ole gobblers were working thier way up the hill right towards my stand.So I grab for my bow and spook two does that snuck up behind me while I was watching the turkeys. The does started blowing and running away and then the gobblers took off the other way. That made me mad enough to just leave the woods.