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Well guys I was headed to my treestand this weekend and guess what? Yea it wasn't there and neither was my trail camera, but for some reason they left my feeder. I wish I could walk up on the people stealing my stuff and I would just unleash a can one someone. You would think that you can put your hunting stuff in the woods and and have "no hunting" and "no trespassing" signs all around and no one would bother them I guess not. Those hunters who steal others stuff because they don't want to spend a little money and buy it thereselves just need to be shot.

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I can understand your frustration. I had my trail camera stolen about 3-weeks ago[:@][:'(]Man I can`t stand a the thief!

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Sorry to hear that...I cannot honestly fathom how a fellow hunter, assuming it was a hunter can take something like that from one another. There are lowlifes in all aspects of life......[:@] I've never had it happen to me and I'd bet sometime it will...PA's full of them..[>:] Terrible shame, we're hurting ourselves everyday.

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I don't understand how someone could steal .Maybe if we adopted other countries penilties they would think twice about it.I wouldn't want to lose my hands or head for something someone else worked hard to earn.

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Man that really pisses me off to hear a story like this. Hunting is a way to get away from all the riff-raff of life, not to have it brought to you. I would really love tosee some s.o.b. taking something of mine. Oh and to the sorry low life that keeps taking the bottom rung off my stand, may God have mercy on your soul if I catch you!

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I had 3 stands taken this year. I know who it was I just cant prove it. They are neighbors who border the property and always ride their horses and Four wheelers on the land. Dont get me wrong I coon hunt every weekend but those F*&%#s steal everything. They have stolen a couple of our stands in the past.

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Sucks man. Been there. Unfortunately it happens all the time and these butt puppets are everywhere.Heck...It wouldn't surprise me to learn that we have some thieves in our midst right here.

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That is a terrible thing to say but it is more than likely true. Im not sure of how many members are on this site but look at the odds.

I could have a couple of "free" stands if I walked out of the woods with the ones I have came across. I have a climber that I carry in and out of the woods every time I go hunting. That is the only guarantee I have that it will not get jacked. One day I would like to own my own land and feel secure about hanging stands w/o possibility of thieves. Then again, you have your trespassers too.

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Just trying to be realistic about it. No good thieves. Makes my blood boil.

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Sorry to hear about that. I had about $300 of fishing tackle stolen at a weigh in this year. Don't know how no-one saw them but they didn't

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I take peoples stands....But I take them when they hang them on the Private Property I hunt and they don't have permission to be there.

Matter of fact, 4 of the stands we hunt with were from that type of scenerio.

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This should be the type of sign you guys should have on your property.

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I know how you feel, howevery I've had a little better luck. I had my camera out for a month or two before bow season, hoping to catch a nice buck in velvet. The day before the archery season opened, I went to develop the film and here someone took the film out of it. I'm sure someone got caught tresspassing and took the film to cover themselves. I guess atleast they didn't take the camera.

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Like icedern said, My father and I are the only ones to hunt our and few other places. When we find stands on our property we take them. If they are stupid enough to tresspass and leave their stand up its mine. On another farmers property I hunt I give him the stands I find. Usually he will give them to us but he keeps them sometime in case someone comes looking for it. Then they get prosecuted.

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I hate theifs. I have only stolen once in my life that i can think of. Maybe now and then a peice of gum from my mom or something but come on its gum. But what i did was we orderd a pizza at my friends house and it was my girl friend (just friends unfortenally) and he told me not to tip at all. But she got off work early and stayed there with us. I gave her the gas money for driving over, becasuse she dosnt deliver and she brought it over, she payed for it at her work so she could deliver it. So i gave her a huge tip out of my money paid her gass and bought the pizza for me and my friends with all my money which i dont mind. But the 20 dollars he was using to pay for it with was sittin on the ground so i took it. Serves that little *&#% right for spreading rumers about me and her. I kinda feel bad about it tho.

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These folks who steal treestands , game cams , etc. are NOT hunters by my standards!!!

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But they are among us(not saying here)
I think we all should engrave our stands.

"I do not sell my stands,if this stand is for sale it was stolen. Please report the seller to the police"

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I hung my first lock-on, Tuesday. I have exclusive rights to the land I hunt.....but that doesn't give any guarantees, I guess.

I hope it makes it through this season!

Jeff

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So I'm curious. You guys that say that you steal stands and use them that are onland that you have permission to hunt but is not your own land. Do you think that your stealing is justified?

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Do you think Tresspassing on marked land is justified?

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So you're saying two wrongsmake it right.