Originally Posted by
schickster
I have left my stand on private property that I have permission to hunt on and came back early the next morning and found a stranger sitting in it. Never think anything is safe in the woods no matter on private or public land.
It has a lot to do with where you are. The private property that I hunt my ladder stand has been up for 3 years and no one has messed with it, and there isnt even a chain on it. There are also multiple stands from over the years around the property that Im sure the owner is no longer around, and they have never been messed with.