RE: Stolen Stands need some ideas
The only thing I have found is to have a seperate stand from the ladder or use foot pegs that screw into the tree (Not my first choice, since I don't want to harm the tree but better than loosing a $150 stand). I'll leave the stand up and just remove the ladder until a week before the season and soon after. With Pegs I'll just put them up on my last preseason scouting trip and hope for the best. If someone can steal your stand without a ladder being there, you know it was a neighbor or someone local that knows your property. Hauling a ladder onto someone elses property from a road is pretty risky. People who steal stands are about as high on the ladder as birdsh*t to me. Good luck and if you find the person who did it, try to get a before and after picture when you're done with him, we'll use it as a warning to all stand stealers!!