Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Do you leave your rifle in stand between hunts?

I thought that is why Ruger came out with the American. Who would steal that?

Didn’t know this was a thing.

Same here. I feel like some old Gunnery Sergeant would wake from the dead and haunt me for all eternity. I don't even like to sit with my firearm more than arms length away from me.

Good one. Memories from basic training back in the 70's. Thanks got a chuckle out of that.

No. I take everything I bring in back out every hunt.

lolololol. It would take a really sick bastard.

No. Never crossed my mind to do so, and doubt it ever will.

I have, on occasion, left toilet paper near a stand. No one has taken it. I guess there's not much of a resale value on used toilet paper.

Even toilet paper is worth more than a Ruger American…

My late uncle told me about a friend of his that let him hunt out of a ground blind on his property. The oldtimer told him that he left a shotgun in the blind just in case a gobbler happened by. My uncle said sure enough, there was an old, rusted, long barrel single shot 12ga sitting in the corner. Curiosity got the best of him so he jacked with the old shotgun until he got it to open. Out fell a paper shell the fell apart in his hand!

Man, that's harsh!! LOLOLOLOLOLO

NEVER!!

I have killed deer walking to and from stands before.

Not unless my stand was my house.

Only time i leave a gun in the stand is if im just away long enough to answer the call of nature.

I had a friend leave his rifle in a stand over night last season. It was on a family members property in Georgia. He was going to hunt the same stand in the morning. when he went back it was gone.

That larned 'im......

Only if you want to donate your rifle ect. to the Illegals. Rio7

hanco, hanco, hanco.....

besides I see deer on my sneak going to and from my stand / blind , or sometimes i will decide to settle in against an ole tree or brush pile and never get back to my stand / blind . you just never know. and like others have said it could just grow legs and be gone when you get back to it !