Locking Your Stand
10-25-2005, 06:52 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 730
Locking Your Stand
What do you use to secure your stand so it will be there when you return? I am planning to hang my stand in a national forest. I usually hunt on private land, and don't have to worry about someone stealing the stand.I thought about using a bike cablewith a lock. Any suggestions?
10-25-2005, 07:00 PM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co. Maryland
Posts: 1,574
RE: Locking Your Stand
I would recommend buying a good climbing stand if you're gonna be hunting on public ground. That way, you can take it with you when you're done hunting and you can relocate easily if somebody's hunting too close to your stand. They're not cheap, but it's better than getting a stand stolen and running the possibility of a ruined hunt.
10-25-2005, 10:07 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Locking Your Stand
Get enough 3/8" (or bigger) HARDENED chain and use a large lock if you want to have any chance of your stand being there when you return. Locking the chain under the stand, harder to get to with a bolt cutter will help. Make sure the chain is hardened steel.
10-26-2005, 07:40 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
RE: Locking Your Stand
Use a climber...even if you have to hide it under a brush pile in the area you plan to hunt....or learn to hunt on the ground...I left a Baby Grand locked to a tree about 10 years ago in the Uwharrie National Forest, here in NC...it was gone when I went back to hunt a couple of days later...thieves hunt too...but, I learned my lesson...I now own 3 climbers....I either pack them in or have them hidden in the woods.
10-26-2005, 07:59 AM
#7
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Locking Your Stand
ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
Get enough 3/8" (or bigger) HARDENED chain and use a large lock if you want to have any chance of your stand being there when you return. Locking the chain under the stand, harder to get to with a bolt cutter will help. Make sure the chain is hardened steel.
Get enough 3/8" (or bigger) HARDENED chain and use a large lock if you want to have any chance of your stand being there when you return. Locking the chain under the stand, harder to get to with a bolt cutter will help. Make sure the chain is hardened steel.
10-26-2005, 02:59 PM
#8
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 8
RE: Locking Your Stand
I had a stand stolen from me a few years ago. Whoever stole it, cut the cable that I had securing it around the tree.
To top it all off, it was on private property!
The only SAFE way to leave your stand is not leave it in the first place. If you are going to be hunting in a stand on public land, either build one (if it's legal in your state to do so), or use a climber.
You can't trust anyone these days.
To top it all off, it was on private property!
The only SAFE way to leave your stand is not leave it in the first place. If you are going to be hunting in a stand on public land, either build one (if it's legal in your state to do so), or use a climber.
You can't trust anyone these days.
10-26-2005, 02:59 PM
#9
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 8
RE: Locking Your Stand
I had a stand stolen from me a few years ago. Whoever stole it, cut the cable that I had securing it around the tree.
To top it all off, it was on private property!
The only SAFE way to leave your stand is not leave it in the first place. If you are going to be hunting in a stand on public land, either build one (if it's legal in your state to do so), or use a climber.
You can't trust anyone these days.
To top it all off, it was on private property!
The only SAFE way to leave your stand is not leave it in the first place. If you are going to be hunting in a stand on public land, either build one (if it's legal in your state to do so), or use a climber.
You can't trust anyone these days.
10-26-2005, 06:04 PM
#10
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 730
RE: Locking Your Stand
Well, I hung my stand today, and used a 3/16" chain and a masterlock. It is fairly well hidden from view until the leaves fall. I haven't seen any sign of anyone being in the area, so hopefully it will stay in the tree.