Hunter Harassment & Sabotaged Treestand
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Can’t believe there are people out there that are willing to potentially maim or kill others over such trivial disagreements. He should pay for all his medical bills, lost work wages or SL and pay for all gas used for Dr visits and fined heavily. IMO
Completely shitty of the guy to sabotage someone. With that being said when you hunt public ground everyone has a right to hunt anywhere. Personally I would go find another spot than knowingly intrude on someone that had been or is already hunting an area. At the same time would hope someone else would respect me for being set up previously in an area.
Unreal. I have come across multiple stands on public. While I have not used said stands, it doesn't deter me from the area unless someone is already there. Any time I see someone headed my direction if I am already set up, I flash my light just to let them know there's someone there. Whether they choose to move or not is up to them, and I deal with it if they stay. I chalk it up to it just being part of public land hunting. I've run into people in parking lots as well and told them where I plan to go and try to be cordial. Haven't had an issue on public land with other deer hunters. I think for the most part we're in the same boat with access and attitude. I just want to hunt. Not interested in arguing over a deer. Not interested in arguing over anything on public land really but duck hunters can be a different breed and if they're not friendly, I don't push the issue. If I am at a spot first, I invite them to join me. I hope to learn from them more than anything. Others have not been as welcoming to me though. When that's the case, I move on. Not worth it.
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Sgt Fury
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That’s F’d up! He didn’t just cut the straps to take down the setup, but left enough to hold everything in position so that the hunter would fall. He deliberately wanted to hurt him.
Commercial wood harvesting isn’t as popular in NJ as most other states so a lot of people use galvanized spikes for their deer stand setups. I know it’s a no-no in states like ohio and Pennsylvania. More than once, I’ve found spikes that were cut a little more than half way through with a hack saw. People will do crazy shit in the name of deer hunting.
Commercial wood harvesting isn’t as popular in NJ as most other states so a lot of people use galvanized spikes for their deer stand setups. I know it’s a no-no in states like ohio and Pennsylvania. More than once, I’ve found spikes that were cut a little more than half way through with a hack saw. People will do crazy shit in the name of deer hunting.
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Complete bullshit. He should be charged with attempted murder and be doing way more than 60 days.
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Total Bullshit.... As Joe said: Charge the SOB with attempted murder... No F-ing excuse... Living in a state that has many anti hunting AH's, I check each and every strap for any tampering before I put my weight on it each time I use it...
Buckmaster
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In 41 years of hunting I’ve had one permanent wooden tree stand cut down, 4 ladder tree stands stolen, one ground blind stolen, and been shot at once. On another occasion my decoy got shot at. Hunting is an adventure.
ThatBuckeyeGuy
Active Member
All over a damned deer..... I love my deer hunting but wtf.
Hunting really is an adventure. I rarely go without a 38 in my pocket.
I haven’t been carrying while hunting. But anymore of these incidents start too happen, that may change….