CAUGHT HUNTER TAKEN MY TREESTAND IN NEW JERSEY
THIS PAST SATURDAY I HUNTED MY AREA OF ZONE 4, AND LEFT MY AREA AT 10:30am AFTER I HARVESTED A BEAR. I PUT MY CLIMBER INTO A LARGE PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG THEN PILED SOME PINE TREE LIMBS ON TOP OF IT. WELL EARLY THIS MORNING I GET TO MY SPOT MY TREESTAND AND THE PINE LIMBS ARE GONE, SO I LOOK AROUND THINKING ANOTHER BEAR HAD DRAGGED IT OFF. WITH MY FLASHLIGHT I LOOK IN THE AREA WHERE I GUTTED MY BEAR I SEE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW, SO HERE I THINK MAYBE ANOTHER BEAR HAS EATEN THE GUT PILE. I WALK OVER AND I SEE HUMAN PRINTS, AND MY TREESTAND IN THE BAG WITH THE PINE LIMBS PILED ON TOP. I TAKE THE STAND BACK TO MY TREE AND CLIMB UP, JUST AFTER DAY BREAK I HEAR WALKING IN THE SNOW, HERE COMES A HUNTER RIGHT TO THE AREA WHERE MY TREESTAND WAS, HE LOOKS PUZZLED & CONFUSED. SO I YELL OUT "YO, A**HOLE!!!!!", HE WALKS OVER LOOKS UP AND SAYS "THATS MY TREESTAND, YOUR STEALING IT!!". SO I CLIMB DOWN AND TELL HIM THAT HE STOLE IT, AND I HAVE MY NAME ENGRAVED ON THE STAND UNDER THE FOAM ON THE ARM RALE. I TAKE THE FOAM PADDING OFF, HE SEES THE NAME ENGRAVED AND THEN I PULL MY WALLET OUT, SHOW HIM MY POLICE ID. YOU SHOULD SEE HIS MOUTH DROP, I WANTED TO LAUGH. I GOT HIS NAME, AND WENT TO THE GAME WARDEN TO INFORM THEM.
THIS IS A SLOB HUNTER. DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-HUNTERS, WHY HAVE PROBLEMS AMONG EACH OTHER?