rob i thought the same thing, i called the landowner and no dice, he was as mad as i was about it because hes really "anal" about other people being on his land. As we were comming out of the woods, there was an old man driving by and he stopped and we talked to him for about an hour or so. He lives across the road and keeps an eye on the bordering property and saw us and drove down to make sure we werent on the bordering prperty. He said he saw a truck in there a little over a week ago and it happend to be a guy who is noted for being a thief. He didnt have permission or anything. I disliked this gy before because of stories ive heard but now i really dont like him, but theres nothing i can do about it.It was cable locked on too. He left a step at the very top that i used to hang my pack or bow on is all that was left.


Just to give you an idea of how good of a guy this is heres a story from last year. Theres this kid about a year or two older than myself (15) and last year during rifle season he gut shot a monsterous buck about 300 yds away from where my stand was stolen from. They looked for it all day until it got too late. They marked their spot, which turned out to be 75yds from the deer. Well Josh (the kids name) was out there at daylight trailing again. He sees this guy waliking across the feild and Josh goes and confronts him why he was on the land because no one likes him, and no one lets him hunt. He says Im going to get my d*** deer. Josh said what deer, he said the deer i just shot, josh had been there since before daylight and never heard a shot. He walks down to the creek with the guy and they got there and if josh's deer wasnt laying there. Josh gets excited and says thanks man thats my deer, ive been looking for him all yesterday and last night. The guy looks at him and says thats my deer, what are you talking about? The deer was dead stiff and only had 1 shot in him, which was in the gut. Josh said no its not Jack I shot that deer yesterday morning. In the end the deer went with the guy and is on his wall right now. Not to mention tht would have been Josh's first deer, and it was a monster buck. So its not the first time this guy has stolen from a kid. Now im out a treestand, I really want to just get a climber. If any of you guys have a climber youre willing to sell for next to nothing PM me. Thanks for letting me vent guys!!