StickFlinger
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I just had to get this off my chest and vent alittle please bear with me. During this past Kaibab archery deer season, I made two preseason scouting trips and spent hundreds of $$ to do so, as I do every year, to find an out of the way place to set up a stand. It rained the first 3 days of the hunt so sitting water was useless. The day after it stopped raining I went to set my stand, which was meaningless because of all the rain, but because I had a stand I fill I'm obligated to use it, I hate unattended stands. What do I find when I get there, another tree stand about two trees away from my stand. I leave the guy a note thinking he might of some how not seen my stand and asked if he would be kind enough to leave. I go back the next night to get in my stand and see his stand gone, good deal I think to myself then out pops a hunter in a ground blind that he built under it. I asked him if he didn't see my stand, his reply "What does that mean you own this place". I know its public ground and it's first come first serve so I left to try it another day. Finally I get there and set up my tree ladder to climb into my stand and sit. Nothing came in so I decided to try it again the next day. I go to climb into my stand and some S.O.B. has stolen my ladders. So I leave to go to another stand my partner has been sitting and hike about 20 minutes to get there and look up and someone is sitting in my tree stand!!! Now I'm upset! I ask the guy what is he doing in my stand and he replys "What hasn't this ever happen to you before" like it was no big deal. I always thought hunters were the last of the good guys, people who respect a person spot and go find their own. People who leave others property alone, by the way 2 years earlier we hand 2 stands and ladders taken from trees and yes they were all chained in. I will always leave a hole when I see someone is using it and respect the effort they made to set it up and go find another spot. Thanks for listening. What do you think, Is there any respect amoungst hunters any more?? Any ethics or unwritten code like the good ole days??