I've lived here in Northern Indiana for 60 years. I can't honestly say I've ever met anyone the doesn't hunt deer from a tree stand of some sort. When we bought our property around 1989 there were a couple dilapidated wooden stands on several trees. I removed them. The next deer season, several more appeared. I took them apart and left notes on the trees to remind them of the no hunting/no trespassing signs on the property. Several seasons after that I found nice new metal stands and took them to the county police station. I left notes on the trees as to where they could be found. Finally, the people that owned the property next to us asked if we'd let them hunt on our property, and I said sure. Gave them written permission to give to the conservation officers if questioned, etc... my neighbor has 3-4 stands on our place, and 3-4 more on his place. One on his place is pretty much a yard barn on stilts for his father to stay warm in. The ones on our place are nice metal stands with two legs and a ladder. He keeps an eye on our place and has asked several people to leave over the years. And in return, every so often he gives us some tasty venison. :licking:
