My buddy had the same stand stolen two years in a row. He recovered it both times. The first time a guy had cut the tree down above the stand with a chain saw. A few days later he saw a guy on the side of the road putting a stand in his truck that looked identical to his stand. He stopped and asked the guy about it - the guy said he bought it years ago. My buddy reached into the back of his truck and turned it over and it still had his name and address on it. My buddy is a big guy you want to mess with. Needless to say, the dude' s truck was no longer new as my friend kicked all the panels in around the bed. The next year he caught the guy' s trying to steal his stand. They also got their asses kicked.