On any land owned or leased from the DNR in Wisconsin, it is illegal to place " permanent stands...such as chain on / strap on stands that stay out overnight. It is also illegal to use screw in type steps or climbing spikes / gaffs. They also require that a tag of some sort with your name, adress and a phone # be on the stand / blind somewhere.

We use home-made ladder stands made from 2x4x12's and plywood that can be lain down at the end of the day and simply strapped to a tree the next morning...with 2 people its really simple and if some numb nutz wants to steal them, so be it....only cost me a trip to work to get more scrap wood.