[skeeter@ccia.com]

yep every year is the same ole story....'look what I found in the woods'...like we lost it right?....anyhow I know just how you feel but I did some investigating and got mine back...it pays to talk to those you see in the woods esp when they see you in a stand..I had sent a friend of mine that I knew knew those I suspected of taking mine to their house to visit and then he took the subject to hunting and they said...look what we found...so I got mine back......I hate a thief as much as a lier...lol....I have put a waterproof sign on my ladder stand one year so when they reached the top they would find the sign...it said....' this stand is under camera and your picture has already been taken...leave the stand alone as I now know who you are.' ....it seemed to work that year anyhow..one time my trail cam was found..prob by the flash and the guy put an apple in his mouth and posed for a photo...was funny anyhow...and he left the cam alone.... I know we hate to tote them in and out of the woods each day but another friend of mine was in his day after day sunup to sundown and the one day he didn't show up till noon...yep..gone..I also alter all my stands to the point if I ever came x someone in it...I would know it was mine...be no other like it in the world and also have my name tag hidden where only I know where it is....proof is mine....if find that is....and one more note...another guy I heard quit hunting because his stand was taken this year....no way....I told him he was just looking for an excuse to quit....go back to those woods where you lost it and I bet you will see the thief around the woods...maybe not in the stand but I bet he hunts the area....