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Isn't it against the law to leave any gun unattended anywhere including your house without it being locked in a safe or a gun lock on it?
As stated in other posts from the practical matter, many great shots can come up going to and coming back from the stand, why would you significantly reduce your hunting opportunities leaving your rifle int he stand?
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Isn't it against the law to leave any gun unattended anywhere including your house without it being locked in a safe or a gun lock on it?
As stated in other posts from the practical matter, many great shots can come up going to and coming back from the stand, why would you significantly reduce your hunting opportunities leaving your rifle int he stand? I don’t think I’ve ever walked up on a deer I wanted to shoot on the place I hunt now. It’s very thick. Other leases, yes, carried my rifle to and from camp, jumped some good bucks.
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I've left stands and cameras but never a firearm. On a good piece of private land it would be fine just never have.
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Isn't it against the law to leave any gun unattended anywhere including your house without it being locked in a safe or a gun lock on it?
As stated in other posts from the practical matter, many great shots can come up going to and coming back from the stand, why would you significantly reduce your hunting opportunities leaving your rifle int he stand? I don’t think I’ve ever walked up on a deer I wanted to shoot on the place I hunt now. It’s very thick. Other leases, yes, carried my rifle to and from camp, jumped some good bucks. I agree!!! HS 58
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I only leave my gun , bow , climber and back pack in the woods if I need to drag a deer out. I always get a deer right at dark and is dark by the time I start dragging. I burry it in leaves or under a log. Before first light , I am there to pick it up and this is on high pressured public land . never had a problem and never keep bullets in the pack or gun. You will stop that the one time you go to retrieve it and a rodent has used the buttpad or stock as a tooth sharpener. Gun to the truck then back to get the critter if I need to make 2 trips. It will never happen. I hun so far back in the marsh that I only saw 2 hunters in 8 yrs. hunting the marsh.. When I leave, there is no one there . By the time I get back to my truck , there is almost never another truck there. Most all the hunters head for the truck before closing cause they are afraid of the marsh and finding their way out in the dark. Even in high pressured hunting land , most hunters dont hunt much and are long gone , and close to the truck when they do hunt. One time , I hid my gun so good, I couldnt see it from 5' away.. Aint no one going to find it. The marsh is a nasty ass [bleep] hole full of fallen ash trees and 5' high marsh grass, cat tails and much holes... The deer are there though.
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I only leave my gun , bow , climber and back pack in the woods if I need to drag a deer out. I always get a deer right at dark and is dark by the time I start dragging. I burry it in leaves or under a log. Before first light , I am there to pick it up and this is on high pressured public land . never had a problem and never keep bullets in the pack or gun. You will stop that the one time you go to retrieve it and a rodent has used the buttpad or stock as a tooth sharpener. Gun to the truck then back to get the critter if I need to make 2 trips. It will never happen. I hunt so far back in the marsh that I only saw 2 hunters in 8 yrs. hunting the marsh.. When I leave, there is no one there . By the time I get back to my truck , there is almost never another truck there. Most all the hunters head for the truck before closing cause they are afraid of the marsh and finding their way out in the dark. Even in high pressured hunting land , most hunters dont hunt much and are long gone , and close to the truck when they do hunt. One time , I hid my gun so good, I couldnt see it from 5' away.. Aint no one going to find it. The marsh is a nasty ass [bleep] hole full of fallen ash trees and 5' high marsh grass, cat tails and muck holes... The deer are there though.
But the fruits of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, Gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. Galations 5: 22&23
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No way. Pondering building Dad a shanty, and I’m concerned with folks damaging it. Trying to come up with a window system that avoids that. We had to go from keyed to combination locks, they kept breaking sticks off in the keyhole.
Might be interesting.
Loaded or ammo in a butt holder. One round loaded with Bullseye.
Good chance I’d find out who stole it.
Be worth the price of one of Shrapnel’s American Rifles.
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This thread is sadly shocking!😮
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Cover the window opening with a removable board, hinge your window to flip up. When you want to hunt remove the board and allow the window to drop into place.
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I've never been trusting of the public EVER, to leave anything some Beavis or Butthead would swipe.
I can't even fathom leave a rifle behind. I don't even leave my rifle behind to move elsewhere to take a dump. I took a gun with me to take a dump on an antelope hunt. Found a draw with trees. Coming out there was antelopes that moved in. I got one.
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Always take my rifle with me when I hear the call of nature while hunting.
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Always take my rifle with me when I hear the call of nature while hunting.
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Good thread. I’ve learned I’m a Dumass
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Until coming across this thread just now, I have never imagined anyone doing so...I mean, the thought has never crossed my mind that someone would leave a firearm unattended anywhere. The whole idea is just an anathema to me. +1
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I have left my backpack and rifle in a dry blind on a ranch we hunt that is a couple of miles in, but only when I walk out to my four wheeler after dark and plan to return before daylight the next morning. I only leave my heater and chair in my blinds on the club lease, but no firearms. Nothing has ever come up missing, so far.
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Until coming across this thread just now, I have never imagined anyone doing so...I mean, the thought has never crossed my mind that someone would leave a firearm unattended anywhere. The whole idea is just an anathema to me. Yep, just bizarre to me.
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Until coming across this thread just now, I have never imagined anyone doing so...I mean, the thought has never crossed my mind that someone would leave a firearm unattended anywhere. The whole idea is just an anathema to me. Yep, just bizarre to me. Do you put your nightstand gun away in a safe during the day while you're at work. EVERY day? Not poking but providing a "unattended" situation many probably have never viewed as such.
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My nightstand gun is in a handgun safe that I can open in the dark in about 2 seconds.
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Your house is a lot different than your tree stand. As much as I would like to, I'm not shooting poachers - trespassers roaming my property. A unexpected guest inside my house better have their affairs in order. But yes we put most of our guns away if we're going to be gone more than a few hours.
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