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Post by commanche on Dec 17, 2003 13:33:51 GMT -5
it was probably a meat hunter,fl ,no sportsmen would have done this.the ones with rotten teeth and hat on sideways carrying 10 licenses on them with their kids and neighbors names on. i can pick that type of person out everytime out hunting.you can go to a locksmith.he has locks that cannot be cut of, shot,or burned. what these low lifes do here is cut the tree down.i chased one 7 years ago down the hollow that stoled a stand.he was screaming the whole way.i got to him and tackled him hard,the harder the better.he tried to bite me with those rotten teeth.i had to get a shot,no use taking a chance, ha.he took me to court,[they ] get a free lawyer paid by the county or simply , your tax dollars. the district justice threw it out. i told him outside i would bust his nose next time.he was fined over 800 dollars but paid nothing. they found his freezer full of venison too.many little fawns he shot, not even a man enough to kill a old doe.look for ones with hat on sideways and [no] teeth and smell like cigaret smoke, you will be close to who took your stand, take care.  |
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Post by noonebil on Dec 17, 2003 14:59:07 GMT -5
it was probably a meat hunter,fl ,no sportsmen would have done this. I take offense!  I consider myself a meat hunter. In my opinion, meat is the main consideration when pulling the trigger. Antler size has little to do with why I hunt. I will just as easily pull the trigger on an old doe as I will a wall hanger. If you think killing a skidish old doe is any less sportsman like than taking a deer just for its rack, you don't have a clue. Whoever took the stand was a THEIF. They may have been a meat hunter, antler hunter, fur hunter, or even an anti-hunter. To suggest that hunters that like to LEGALLY fill their frezer are still criminals because of some sort of personal set of rules you have is wrong & offensive. Get your head out of the ground and realize you are not always righteous. I don't care what you do in PA... I will continue to try to fill my tag here in GA (2 bucks & 10 does). |
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Post by SteveMD on Dec 17, 2003 18:07:08 GMT -5
I have one question for anyone who thinks they know everything about deer hunting. Who teachs the bucks about survival? I will tell you, it is the old does (mamma) since the buck does not hang around to raise the kids. So, therefore, even before getting old and wise, they are taught by their mothers about survival, and therefore, it is just about as hard to take an old doe as it is a buck.
No matter what you think, we must shoot does!!!
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Post by RedOak on Dec 17, 2003 22:07:54 GMT -5
The way I look at it is if they want to lug the heavy thing out the woods a lock or chain aint going to slow them up one bit. My stand are heavy. I build portables that are 8 feet with just 2 1x6 at the top check locations with. A 12 or 16 foot lumber stand 2 miles in the woods aint no joke. If you want it that bad hell you can have it. I will just make another one.
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Post by noonebil on Dec 17, 2003 22:37:55 GMT -5
That's why I went to using climbers & popup blinds 3 years ago. I leave nothing in the woods that I don't want stolen.
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Post by IndianaHick on Dec 23, 2003 11:31:26 GMT -5
That sounds like the movies description of a hunter, or is that bubba pukewoods hunter. Whatever he is a thief not a hunter meat or antler. Meat hunter are usually older men in their 50's to early 60's that hunt to put meat in the freezer to feed their family. I hunt for meat. This year I have seen herds of 6-10 does feeding in the fields at dark. O bucks. Between bow season and firearms here I seen 2 buttons (both walked right under my ladder, steel bought at Rural King. $150), and about 20 does. 1 buck, small young. I put two does in the freezer both dressed at between 130 to 150. Good meat.
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Post by commanche on Dec 23, 2003 19:59:55 GMT -5
e bay has ladder stands 16 ft for 50 dollars new and second hand.cabelas has them on sale now for 69 dollars and new system of connecting them together. its getting cheap to buy one than make one now ;D
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Post by deerslayer11 on Dec 23, 2003 20:38:38 GMT -5
Not really if you look at the quality. I wont hunt from those $70 stands, I want real steel under me.
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Post by IndianaHick on Dec 24, 2003 14:21:03 GMT -5
Deerslayer:
I have one of the $70 stands also. It is the first one I bought because I was not sure I would like them as well as my old Loggy climber. The only thing that I really found wrond with it is that there are no arm rests and that the seat is made out of open mesh metal. The seat was taken care of by buying one of those seat/backrest combo's. My son and I have used this stand continuosly for about 6 years with out any problems. I bought the remington because it had armrests. Old age likes its comforts. Saying that reminds me of a story I read in an outdoor magazine several years ago about on old deerstand that one hunter knew about that had belonged to another older hunter that had somehow dragged an armchair into the woods and then got it into his homemade treestand. It was one of those I once knew this of this person articles. Was kind of sad in the long run.
sure wish that there was spell check because I need it.
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Post by commanche on Dec 24, 2003 16:52:39 GMT -5
i was really down on ladderstands until this year.boy, when you are tired the next day and its 6 am in morning,cold ,windy,creppy,etc. its nice to just climb up a ladderstand.none of that hauling in the stand and up a tree in the dark trying to be quiet.no weight to carry.no noise.only stand good in the wind. you can use oaks to block the wind.you can hide in tree better. i got a real good look at many hunters in the climbing stands this year. they stuck out like a big bear up there. if i can see that ,a deer can to. no leaves on trees .we keep forgeting that. with a ladderstand you can pick a big oak. you will be hid good. i now am a believer in ladderstands if you are going to hunt the same spot each day. |
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I consider myself a meat hunter. In my opinion, meat is the main consideration when pulling the trigger. Antler size has little to do with why I hunt. I will just as easily pull the trigger on an old doe as I will a wall hanger. If you think killing a skidish old doe is any less sportsman like than taking a deer just for its rack, you don't have a clue. 
