I just don't know what some people are thinking. Is a hunting spot really worth the possibility of killing or disabling another hunter? This is just another reason to be a mobile hunter. Run into issues and I just move down the road a bit.
I just don't know what some people are thinking. Is a hunting spot really worth the possibility of killing or disabling another hunter? This is just another reason to be a mobile hunter. Run into issues and I just move down the road a bit.
This is the type of thing that led me down the saddle path in the first place years ago. I was tired of lugging a climber everywhere and annoyed with how noisy it was to setup and climb.
So my wife and I preset a hang on stand and a ladder... On a private property that we had, and still have, permission to hunt. When we came back 2 weeks later to hunt it, we found this at the base of the tree:
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Why? Congratulations D-Bag, you just ruined a stand that was set up for a 27 year old girl to hunt out of... Hope you are proud.
Long story short, I started researching ways to mobile hunt without carrying a climber. I was in a RCH and sit drag by the end of that season and a Kestrel the next season.