Somebody got at one of my treestands this year (on private prop)- demolished it (couldn't get through the lock), and stole all the steps. Had another one stolen a couple years back. I couldn't even entertain the thought of using game cameras around here - with all the ATV trespasser traffic, it wouldn't last a week. When I was a kid, I grew a pretty nice ginseng patch, probably worth $500-1000 at the time, and some scumball sneaked onto my uncle'swoods and ripped that off too.

Sorry to hear about that Joey - I know you're a hard-working guy, and you take a lot of pride in what you do and how you do it.I hate to see some lowlife scum rip you off like that. I really am starting to lose faith in our fellow outdoorsmen.

If it makes you feel any better, I got onto a really good farm yesterday to shed hunt it - fully expecting to find a good handful of sheds in the fields - isolated place, posted, LOADED to the teeth with dear (I'd seriously give my right arm to hunt this place) - nice emerald green low cut fields, strips, and edges, all littered with hoofprints anddroppings, sawprobably 10-15 deer,zero sheds. Noticed a few fresh boot tracks in the muddy spots, along with some quad tracks coming up over a freshly cut trail in the back. Obviously, some scumball slipped in the back and poached all the sheds beforeI could get to them. Landowner says that nobody else was supposed to be in there. Maybe some silver-lining, though. I'm hoping that I made some in-roads for a new archery spot there, but a trespasser definitely beat me to the sheds.