RE: Coyotes from treestand problems?
Shows to go you how screwed up bureaucrats can be. They are infamous for not being able to get their acts together.
I have been bowhunting since 1964. In all the years I have bow-hunted, it has always been commonplace and openly known that bowhunters and gun users hunt coyotes from trees and treestands.
As common as the knowledge has been...for years, if it was illegal you can be guaranteed the law-enforcement arm of DNR would be out banging some butt to get the message out. They have not and they do not.
If they were to classify a " climbing stand" as a " climbing device" within the meaning of the law, and to use one (a climbing stand) to shoot coyotes that are on the ground constitutes an unlawful act, then you cannot shoot coyotes from any elevated height if you used a " climbing device" to ascend e.g., screw-in steps, ladder, nailed or steps, climbing pole, ladder-stand, climbing spikes, rope, etc.