I would cut it all into pieces and leave it on the ground there with a note to not come back on my land. But thats just me. Be careful!

--Jim

I have got four stands that way. Even a tripod feeder. One guy even had his 4 wheeler burned to the ground.

LMAO... But wait... A feeder? You dont use it do you?

It is yours.

Everything left on your land is yours whether it has value or not.

I suppose that if you found a stand, you'ld likely find someone in it one day. Either that or you scored a perfectly good tree stand for free.

Nic

My advice is to call LE first. Here in Iowa, our land has to be posted in order for it to be trespassing. But I would call the local sheriff's office and ask them. If you're land needs to be posted and it wasn't before the stand was placed, then I would try to catch the person hunting there and ask them to leave. As a landowner myself, I'm am concerned that you have a more serious problem than just an unwanted hunter. If this person comes on your property and injures himself, or worse, you or someone else, they can sue you and you lose everything. Be smart. Find out what the law is in your state and get it on your side. Good luck.

well lets see , if you kept it and never said any thing maybe he'd hang another of which you could take. If the guy was really stupid you might get a whole slew of stands before he wised up and quit buying stands only to have them claimed by you. Might be a profitable deal.

I would definitely take the stand down. I am not sure I would leave a note or not. In Ohio, you have to have written permission from the landowner to hunt on his/her property, so they would be breaking the law in my home state. I have been asked by the landowner where I hunt to run anyone off the property that I come across. I had that problem for a short period early in Oct., but they did not put up a stand. If they had, as I said earlier, I would have taken it down

Yep -

Kept it - in fact we added it to our 3d shoot as a door prize!<img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle>

Aim small miss small

Again it comes down to - is the land posted or not? If not, I'd leave a note - but would not take the stand. Misunderstandings occur, especially if the property has changed hands fairly recently.

However - if posted - I'd take it - NO NOTE, NO EXPLANATION - nothing. I doubt you'll have to worry about them again - I took one down once - no problems, no confrontation.

I would not prosecute - on the basis of a stand on my property alone. If other issues were at hand like vandalism, etc. Different story. I think most bowhunters generally are not this type of person, and likey used poor judgement.