I will reply as humble as possible, with all the respect to what GMMAT said. Itwas late last night when I got in and made the post. I did not disclose all of what my reasonings were for going in this particular stand. It may make better sense after explaining my reasoning. My lease is fairly large and have several (6) stands set, with my climber to be more mobile. In the evenings I have been watching my plots out of a blind whichis located in about 35 acres of field. (see picture). My property pretty much starts on the hill behind my blind, so the picture is looking south. Two of my better stands are near a creek and and ridgeline about 1/2 mile north (behind where the picture was taken). While sitting in my blind watching the deer feed I have noticed several hounds from the hunt club that borders my property. I retrieved 3 last weekend and called animal control because of the condition of the dogs. 2 of them were so bloody from briars that their legs were red and the other was extremely exhausted.


I called animal control and they came and got the dogs. Theowner of the hounds (a 17 yr old punk)has made threats to a mutual friend that he was going to cut my straps on my stand so I couldnt get to it. Animal control fined him a hefty fine for not having the rabies tags on their collars, and were going to investigate him for animal cruelty. These dogs were way underweight and dehydrated. So my main purpose was to check the straps and set the camera pointing toward the stand and concealed a little better. My intent was not to go in and play hunter, but to secure my property andmy life...and angle the camera towards my stand that also shows the newest trail. It was very tempting to set the camera and leave, but it was my choice to climb and sit since I had made the trek back there. That much is my fault. It was the perfect time of day, no wind and overcast.

99% of me tells me that I shouldnt have gone in, but the 1% really made sense.Where I live, you take these kind of threats seriously.

So my reply to those who responded that it was my fault for going in there, it wasnot a harddecision for me to make.This is the stand the punk said he was going to cut the straps on my sticks.

It would have really been a mess climbing in the dark and falling 30 feet from a cut strap. I have the camera pretty concealed watching if the guy makes good on his promise.

So yep, I should have stayed away in a normal situation, but I believe that I did not hurt my chances at a shooter buck, as they are very abundant in this area. Im sorry for not disclosing my full reasoning for going in, but my dinner was getting cold and wasnt ready to write a novel.Now I bet you would have done the same thing I did, except maybe not sit and have a dip for 30 minutes!