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after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed?
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after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? Your assuming or reading something I didn't. Some people don't leave the house without a pistol.
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Anybody ever leave a rifle in a tent or camper and head to town?
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Anybody ever leave a rifle in a tent or camper and head to town? Camper maybe, but we live in a somewhat more civilized region. Plus, there is very limited cover …..pretty much unlimited visibility. Thieves can be stopped from very long range…..if you’re so inclined! 😉 memtb
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after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . And that makes sense. There are places that so few people go that it just does not matter. If there is a person back there to steal your gun, I can all but guarantee he is a woodsman with ethics. As for me again, I hunt very high pressured public land in S.E Wis. and almost never see a hunter , even in gun season. I also hunt in N.W WIs. and is much more populated than where Pete53 hunts and I have not seen a hunter since 2009 and am quite sure he was lost but too prideful to come to me for directions. I have never had a person on my trail cam back there except one time and had one out there for 10 yrs. There are places where literally , no one goes. My cam is about 3/4 mi. off the nearest logging road and I can only get there by john boat going down a river about 1/2 mi. However, I always take my gun cause I am only 200 yds from the john boat . EDIT: If I leave after a morning hunt and leave my gun in the blind,, I WILL SE THE BIGGEST BUCK IN THE COUNTY.
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after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? i always year around have my handgun on me even when walking to the mail box 100 yards from my house , and on my 4 wheeler in a boot there is a 30-06 BLR s.s. and at my house or cabin i have shovels too. Pete53
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after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? For me- that only happens in pitch darkness, WTF am I going to use the deer rifle on in the dark?
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[quote=pete53]after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? For me- that only happens in pitch darkness, WTF am I going to use the deer rifle on in the dark?[/quote yep when i am in the stand before light and don`t leave tell after sunset or dark and nobody is in the woods on private land 1 mile from any road and in a swamp why worry besides not many people even know i have a stand back there ?
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my rifle my pistols go where i go would not leave them anywhere i wasn't!!!
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[quote=pete53]after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? For me- that only happens in pitch darkness, WTF am I going to use the deer rifle on in the dark?[/quote yep when i am in the stand before light and don`t leave tell after sunset or dark and nobody is in the woods on private land 1 mile from any road and in a swamp why worry besides not many people even know i have a stand back there ? That’s “exactly” what I thought…..and then my tree stand was stolen! Jus Say’n memtb
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after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? For me- that only happens in pitch darkness, WTF am I going to use the deer rifle on in the dark? I don't know but I like having it in the dark
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I had two firsts this year. Left my bow near my tree stand and walked back to the cabin to get something. About 110 yards away. An odd spot on private property, didn't feel too strange doing that.
Gun season, sitting on the utility clear cut behind the cabin. I was sitting higher up the hill than usual, within sight of the structure, maybe 40 yards away? I left my rifle on the tripod to run inside and grab something. Literally in and out in seconds, still didn't feel right doing it.
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after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? For me- that only happens in pitch darkness, WTF am I going to use the deer rifle on in the dark? I don't know but I like having it in the dark Yep, we have to many bears I don't go in the wood's day or night unarmed.
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I'm uncomfortable leaving my guns in the camper when we go to town. We're on private property behind a closed gate, so I believe it's safer than leaving stuff in the truck while in town. If we were in East Texas I wouldn't let anything out of my sight ! The folks in the Hill Country ain't near as likely to steal.
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If I'm in one of my secure locking box stands on my own property I have left my little varmint gun in there once or twice (cheap 22lr for example), but never any of my deer guns.
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I've never yet had trouble at the cabin. But I don't dare leave a gun there. Sign of the times we live in.
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I wouldn't even leave a rifle in the locked trunk of my vehicle. thats hard to do with us. Would have to carry 3-4 guns with us into the store all the time etc... While I don't leave rifles in stands, we are lucky, the owner of much of the property in our area is well known. Should anything be stolen it would not end well for the thief and thats knowledge. after reading all these problems i guess i will have to just take my rifle back to the cabin most of the time. And you've still only evolved to "most of the time". SMH my area has very few people hunting and not many people live in this area , its 8 miles to the Canadian border/ Northern Minnesota all the land around there is private, i am in a tamarac swamp on my own land . this year my rifle stayed in the stand loaded for 10 days and not even a human track near my stand within a 1/2 mile its very wild i see martins most days by my stand , fishers some days even a Lynx this year 40 feet from me laying down looking at me and always deer around, i am 1 mile from my old cabin too 1 1/4 miles from a dirt road. it is not the same as where most people hunt ,park at to hunt or live by to hunt . I still don't understand why you're fine with walking to and from your stand unarmed? For me- that only happens in pitch darkness, WTF am I going to use the deer rifle on in the dark? Maybe not in your area, but varmints. Pigs. People. Never without a flashlight and a gun of some sort. Just makes no sense not to be armed if you have clothes on.
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I’m in East Texas now, won’t leave anything in stand now, even with a lock on it. Have one stand on power line right away. Lots of traffic ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/QtL0pLXV/IMG-1200.jpg)
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I’m a looonnngg way from the border, and have never been robbed here in 34 years, but I keep my doors locked and never leave a gun in my vehicle overnight, or even downstairs while I’m sleeping.
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Having left things in the woods, both intentionally and unintentionally, and having had things come up that made me unable to go back to retrieve them for up to six months, the idea of risking that with a firearm would never even cross my mind.
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