Tree stand missing in action

Notice how all the people getting their stuff stolen are from Ontario or Alberta?? Here in Sask. , a guy's tree stand may be the only place he has to live.
 
I had one of my Trail cams on my property stolen last week. A first for me. It is not really the money, but knowing that someone has been on my very remote property, clearly marked with no trespassing signs, intending to steal. It is also knowing that should I come face to face with these lowlifes, something bad could happen, as I always walk my property with a loaded gun.
 
Were developing a password for the guys that can hunt there ,,that way when we run into strangers/poachers if they don't know it we got them
 
Home3 said:
I had one of my Trail cams on my property stolen last week. A first for me. It is not really the money, but knowing that someone has been on my very remote property, clearly marked with no trespassing signs, intending to steal. It is also knowing that should I come face to face with these lowlifes, something bad could happen, as I always walk my property with a loaded gun.
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the 'law' in me makes me ask- how do you know it was stolen? Isn't it possible that something knocked it down (a falling branch, and pissed off bear/deer etc), and it ended up a few yards from where you expected it under some leaves? I'm not saying it wasn't stolen, but (based solely on your post) just it's absence doesn't mean it was stolen.
 
Always look at your local kijiji after you have a stand or trail cams stolen. A friend of mine found his stand on there and called the cops after meeting with guy to confirm it was really his stand.
 
I've had a ground blind stolen by a local "outfitter/guide" from public unmarked land. I met him on one of the trails early AM when I was headed to the blind,and he asked me to wish him happy birthday :confused:. When I got to the place where my blind was I realized what had happened. I guess he didn't want me taking "his" animals :mad: A$$hat
 
ALLS London said:
the 'law' in me makes me ask- how do you know it was stolen? Isn't it possible that something knocked it down (a falling branch, and pissed off bear/deer etc), and it ended up a few yards from where you expected it under some leaves? I'm not saying it wasn't stolen, but (based solely on your post) just it's absence doesn't mean it was stolen.
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It was people alright. I saw two ATV tracks and followed them all the way to my neighbors property and from there to the road. They went around his pad locked gate, which has "no trespassing" signs all over it!
 
ben hunchak said:
Notice how all the people getting their stuff stolen are from Ontario or Alberta?? Here in Sask. , a guy's tree stand may be the only place he has to live.
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That's just because it would be too easy to find the culprit in Sask - just check one of the other 14 trees in the province.
 
ben hunchak said:
Notice how all the people getting their stuff stolen are from Ontario or Alberta?? Here in Sask. , a guy's tree stand may be the only place he has to live.
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Yep your right, sadly Ontario is the worst. Hunters are their own enemies. I've lost both Treestands and game cameras and as far as I'm concerned, that is low from our own brothers.

Even caught a guy up the road that stole a game camera , called the cops and they said "your screwed" if he don't admit , we are not getting a warrent for a $100 game camera sorry for your loss....:mad:
 
Gymbo said:
So we go check out ladder stands we left on private property that we have permission to hunt and what do we find . Both stands are missing ,both harnesses are still in the trees. They even stole our camo cloth we had on a ground blind .................@#$%^&*()_ There are signs they may plan to hunt this bush. Can only hope to find them in the bush during season.

How many of you leave your stuff year round ? And how many have it stolen?
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Just a thought. We lost two a couple of years ago to find out the DNR took them down. To this day we never got an official reason why and never got them back.
Apparently someone seen them and reported they were there being used for possible jacking off season?? If you know someone at the dnr office it would not hurt to ask. Good Luck
 
Crashman said:
Never had a stand stolen, but I found a guy in one of my stands one afternoon when I went hunting. Told him to get out and that he was on private property, he said no he wasn't getting out because the owner gave him permission to be there. I said I was the owner and that I was going back to the house to get my chain saw, when I got back he wasn't there...imagine that! Little peckers need to do their homework to see where the private property is they are allowed to hunt!
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Great line about getting a chainsaw!
I put my treestand up a week or two before season and take it down right after. I chain and padlock it to the tree and haven't had it stolen yet.
 
Thats one of the reasons Im a little eerie on getting new permission on property. Other hunters already there take note to a new stand or two, and as their own detterant, will yank yours out in protest. Thats not even to mention if you park ur vehicle around somewhere and come out to find you have four flat tires. Had that happen to a buddy of mine, then approached the guys who did it, and after a lengthy verbal arguement, now hunt together, too funny. Thankfully none of ours have been yanked yet, but in getting new permission, its very sad to say, perhaps someday, we will get ours I suppose!
 
Its a crying shame when you cant leave something in the middle of nowhere and expect it to be there when you get back.

I have some good friends in Labrador, and you would never know that they were hunters. Aside from a gun cabinet and some camo clothing in the closet, there is no other hunting equipment in their houses or garage. They leave it where they use it. 6 or so dozen goose decoys just get tossed to the side of the marsh with their mallard equivalents, trailers left on logging roads...never anything missing...people will use the stuff, but place it back where it was in the same condition they found it in. It takes a real scumbag to take down someones game cam or tree stand.
 
SwedishMan said:
Great line about getting a chainsaw!
I put my treestand up a week or two before season and take it down right after. I chain and padlock it to the tree and haven't had it stolen yet.
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Me too.
Not likely to get touched but it's pretty easy to wrap a length of chain around the tree & stick a lock throu it.
 
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