Portable stands on public land

[almostthere!]

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The whole pupose of the stand on public land being considered public property is to prevent squatting on hunting spots. To keep guys from feeling that they can't hunt a spot because someone else already put a stand there.

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Try conveying that to most of the public land hunters.

This one time, I scouted an area and found a likely corridor. I was too happy to completely scout the area for fear of running into deer beds, so I marked a likely tree and left. Come opener: I set out in the moonlight, it was light as day, and climbed up the tree in my climber. Then at legal shooting time, I heard a crack and crunch behind me. Anticipating a deer, I slowly got up and turned around. To my surprise, it was another hunter; a lazy hunter at that, waiting until legal shooting time before heading out to his permanent stand. Then, instead of climbing into his stand so we both can have a semi-decent morning, the guy stood there for 30 minutes before making the noisey march towards his stand: fifty yards from where he was and about 100 yards from my tree.

At about 9 A.M., the dude had the courage to walk over to me and said, "Didn't you see my permanent stand?" I looked at the guy but didn't answer. That made him angrier and he repeated again. After the guy left, I opened the flies and let the urine fly from 20 feet up. Then, I climbed down and relocated to another spot.

This was in Savana State Forest.

[dillon]

Yesterday,I had the opportunity to talk with the local C.O.

I asked him if my unoccupied portable stands that are left up on public land would be considered public property and he said "absolutely not - they are still personal property whether set up in trees or in your possession." I don't have a problem with someone using the stands while I'm gone, but refusing to leave when we want to use them doesn't seem right to me.

[uptracker]

Can you guys use screw-in treesteps on public land?

[Nightcrawler]

Yes,-- you can use tree steps. with my iron knees i use a climber, its like a wheel chair with a platform.

Bow hunter since 1970.