Poachers

[Lonnie]

call 1-800-tip-idnr and report it , they will take care and find your trespasser
if they put a stand up they will be back and the CO will be waiting on them

 

[1911Shooter]

I find stands all the time on property that my family owns. Just take it down and keep it for yourself. They cant put it there and its on your land, they wont even try to get it back, and if they do the cops will laugh at them. I have actually had that one happen. Guy saw me carrying his stand out of the woods and putting it in my truck. Long story short he called the cops, they came and wrote him a fine for tresspassing and I kept the stand. His name wasnt on it and it was on my property, so it became mine. He was an idiot.

 

[rkesar]

In the past 4 years I have picked up 5 or 6 stands this way, I dont own the land but I am the only person allowed to be on it. We called a CO and he told the land owner that if they're on his property then they are his. So each year when I find a new one I go get him and we take it down and he gives them all to me

 

[Tripp11]

Options:
1) Place your No Hunting/No Trespassing sign on it
2) Spray paint it pink
3) Move it higher into the tree so that he/she needs to bring a 30 foot extension ladder to get it down
4) Buy a trail cam (they're nice to have anyway) and take the photos you get to the police dept.

I would do all of the above!!!

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

I'll Give ya 20 bucks for it, I'll even come take it down for ya.

 

[fisherg]

take it down and sell it on craigslist!

 

[raggedoutcummins77]

sounds like to me u have a new treestand

 

[revolvers&w]

I think they wanted to be sure you had a nice stand and left it for tou.
Take it down, Pi ss and spill coffee in the area if they return they won't get your game. Enjoy your new stand!!!

 

[454puttna]

I've had this happen twice, taken both stands down. I never heard from anyone.

 

[Flinttim]

Same here, I put them in the old grain bin on the farm. Don't climb trees anymore but some day I might need one for the grandson or something. Got two waiting for him as of last count. Have not found a nailed on stand for a long time. The land next to us is owned by an older gentleman and I think he must have leased it or gave permission for some one to hunt it. He's never allowed hunting there before. Years ago we had it surveyed and the steel fence posts the surveyor use dare still there and we paint them every year. I guess the new leasers or whomever must have thought I might come onto "their" property so they put up no trespassing signs about every 20 yards. Makes me no never mind, I don't need their land to hunt, but they came a good 20 feet onto our land and nailed a sign onto a marketable black cherry tree. Go figure.

 

[PistolBob]

Double check the location and make 100% certain it is on your property. If it is, then take it down. Sell it on Craigslist, its yours. I'm willing to bet that whoever put a brand new deer stand up in your woods, is probably a rookie hunter and has no idea he's trespassing on private property. That's no excuse though, so take it down. Do not booby trap it or leave it in place...if the idiot falls out of it and breaks his neck on your property, his next of kins will probably sue you. So take it down.

 

[maxmayhem]

take a hacksaw and cut the top rung so it is barely hanging on and then put a vietnam style boobie trap where the poacher is gonna fall....jk...i dont know what to do but i would definitely take the stand and list it on craigslist but this is just me

 

[maxmayhem]

i dont know but this might escalate to something else and you are at a disadvantage if your opponent has an elevated position at the beginning of shotgun season

Camo yourself all up and hide near the tree stand. Let them climb into stand and get comfortable. Call LEO's and tell them there is an armed trespasser on your property. Remove their ladder and wait for cops.

 

[shooter1054]

Take the stand. Leave a note on the tree explaining that they are tresspassing and your phone number and that you would like to explain to them property lines and the laws reguarding them, and the return of the stand. Very doubtfull they woud ever call.

 

[.452browning]

I feel your pain man. This weekend we had poachers and thieves in one act. Best of luck.

 

[MAJB Retired]

I would take and cut the thing to pieces and leave it at the base of the tree they put it in with a no hunting/trespassing sign affixed to it. If they can't take a joke oh well

Now, this is a great idea

 

[MAJB Retired]

Camo yourself all up and hide near the tree stand. Let them climb into stand and get comfortable. Call LEO's and tell them there is an armed trespasser on your property. Remove their ladder and wait for cops.

Now we're getting really good!

 

[dukeboy_318]

Yeah. Its clearly on our property, with the line clearly marked, I've got dozens of no hunting/trepassing signs all over that place. Im going back out in a few hours, its a remote place and about a mile hike from the nearest road to it, if its there, its coming down.

 

[iChokePeople]

i dont know but this might escalate to something else and you are at a disadvantage if your opponent has an elevated position at the beginning of shotgun season

Stuck in a tree in a known position is nothing like "having the high ground". Seriously. Don't try that at home. If you want to test my theory, do it with paintballs and tell me how it works out for you.

 

[Dead Duck]

My friend had 3 at one time locked in his barn because of these guys. He gives them to his hunting friends. He use to leave notes on the trees to contact owner but they never did.
Keep it.
It would be fun to get a bear costume and sit up there(only if he shows right away) but then again, your in a bear costume and he's shooting things....No.
You could prop a road kill deer up there holding a fake gun. Orange hat.
That would do it for me.

Your property - You can (almost) do what you want to.