Originally Posted by
doetrain
Even on private property you must guard your gear and take percautions against theft, in our generation morals are optional and ethics are situational. Respect for others property and rights is at an all time low I fear. Those who steal another hunters gear are not hunters,they are simply thieves and wicked of heart.
DT, I agree with you 100%. There are many people that just don't seem to care about others property these days, and it is not just younguns. I have worked for a hunting outfitter for quite a few years now and have seen many things disappear, that have amazed me. Numerous lock-on treestands, doesn't amaze me. The fact that they have to carry bolt cutters to get them does. It is the larger items, such as wooden box blinds, and large ladders. The box would take 2 ppl and the ladder would require more than one trip to remove. Last summer I found several lock-ons and a ladder, pitched into swampy brush, because the adjacent landowner didn't like us having the stands that close to his property line. They were on us and facing the ground we lease.