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Old 10-31-2004 | 04:45 PM
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BOWHUNTERCOP
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Default RE: Finding someone in your tree stand???What the .%^&$#

Last year a week after harvesting a NJ black bear, I went back to hunt the either sex deer hunt. I had left my climber buried in a plastic bag, with pine branches on top of it. When I approched my stand it was gone, I looked around and found it about 30yds away still in the bag, with the branches on top. I climbed the tree, just after 1st light I hear walking, ends up bein a hunter, he's looking around with a puzzle face, he then sees me in the stand, walkes over and says "THATS MY STAND, GET OUT OF IT OR I'LL CALL THE GAME WARDEN" I said "OK, I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN". Little did he know that for one I am a cop, and two I engraved my name into the metal of the stand under the foam arm rest. When I got down, I pulled my wallet out showed him my picture ID, and badge, the look on his face PRICELESS !!!!! I then told him to put his gun down, show me his ID, and hunting license, took down the info, he left, I climbed back up in my stand laughing, I called the Game Warden office gave them my info, his info, and what happen. They picked him up, we went to court, I didnt want him bein fined, he has a family, but I did ask the judge to suspend his hunting license for 2 years, and he agreed
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