ColoradoBOY I cannot speak for others but I have been known to haul my ATV into your state and I have also been guilty of having a tree-stand somewhere in the mix. I do not, nor have I ever, had any expectation of driving that ?quad to my tree stand in the wilderness and stick a bull elk out of it? as you suggest the expectation of these out-of-state hunters must be.
I am not sure what generates your rant. My reasoning for bringing a tree-stand are simple, even for a Colorado resident to understand (yes that is a joke);
1). I have one,
2) I have room for it,
3) I do not always know the conditions I might encounter where having a tree-stand makes perfect sense
4) Because I wanted to bring it ? just in case.
I am headed up there in 9 days and I will very likely throw in a climber. Knowing that I will NOT likely take it out of the truck. However, in the event I run across a place that is conducive to using it I will have it with me. Out of state hunters do not have the luxury of running home to fetch a needed and forgotten item like a tree-stand, dry pair of socks or a warmer coat.
I just do not get why many hunters take pleasure in jabbing hunters from other cultures. If someone wants to hunt the way they want to hunt, within the limits of the law, should we not embrace and welcome them to the woods? If you don't like tree-stands, work through your great states law makers to outlaw them. But to openly criticize and ridicule them seems to be a bit counterproductive to this out of state guy that is going to haul a tree-stand to Colorado this year and hopefully for years to come.
Now I will get off my soap box and go cook bacon for my trip.
Rick Nolan