hey great, would it do any good to post or perhaps to put up signs saying hunt only by owners permission? not realy sure how to handle this. one day my husband was in the woods and stopped to rest, he said he noticed an arrow in the ground at his feet and bent and picked it up and was standing there and noticed a guy in a tree stand over his head, he apparently had dropped the arrow-no big deal really other than it is on our property-(actually my husbands uncles property) where we live , its not posted but should be, im not sure that would help though but its a thought , looks like i need to take my own advice, huh? if some one actually physically crawls into your stand you may want to hang a sign up telling him what you will do if you catch him, i know a guy who did this -he hung a sign on his out side soda machine in front of his buissness telling whom ever had recently robbed it what he intended to do to them the next time . he lived on the premeises also. he looked like a nut but did`nt get robbed agin, so who knows? i hope you get it worked out, good luck hunting, annie. ps. if you share the facts of seeing alot of deer movement or big bucks proabably more people will come there also.

Start your own hunting club! then you can be the KING!LOL
Well thats what i did! i have areas that the others know not to hunt. or next year they may not have to pay dues to me . they can pay to someone else!
I'm not all that bad but i do really enforce my do enter areas.

SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

Rabid skunks would probably work quite well to keep them away, of course I am not sure you would want to use your own stands.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

Our club in NJ has 250 acres and 12 guys. We divided the property up into decent sized portions and each person can build one permanent stand and multiple hang-ons. During gun season, you ,must hunt your designated spot but are allowed to basically hunt any where within reason during archery.

As it turns out, some areas are definitely better than others and there is a lot of jealously on the part of some.

Looking at the world from 15 feet up.

I guess I didn't understand that this post was not as serious as I first read....Soooo Please don't take me to task for my comments...Here's what I originally wrote:

You're trying to keep you Dad, uncle and friend out of your treestand...You gottabekidding? If I were you, I would consider mysef lucky just to have the opportunity to hunt with your Dad. And yes, it sounds kinda selfish. That being said, I don't understand why a simple request would not do the trick. Why would your Dad, uncle and friend use your stand if you asked them not. If anyone in my camp (sons, friends etc) asked to have their treestand left alone, that's all it would take...



Edited by - Jimmy S on 09/16/2002 12:48:52

NONO wait man, u took it all wrong. I just wanted to know how to keep them away from it. The main thing is i like to keep ppl ( myself included) away from the stand site. I dont like goin around it too much before the season.

"ARISE, KILL, EAT"
Acts: 10:13

ASK THEM AND TELL THEM WHY YOU'RE ASKING.

Hurry up and wait.

Don't be too quick to keep your hunting buddies away from your stand.
You do have a problem if you are walking into your stand and they are already there. Then I would sit down and talk to them.
But, if your "problem" is that they come to your stand while you are hunting...is that really a problem?
Think about it...while they are walking around, they are moving the deer. I wouldn't encourage them to visit every hour but one or two times during the mid-day might be a good thing.

ALWAYS CALL YOUR SHOT.