MN lawmaker wants to leave the deer stands up

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Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Hunters in Minnesota could
avoid the hassle of lugging around portable
deer stands this season.

Democratic Sen. Gary Kubly of Granite Falls
introduced legislation Monday that would
allow hunters to keep their portable deer
stands up and unattended on public lands
during deer season.

Hunters now are required to take down
portable stands every day.

Kubly says the rule discourages people from
coming to Minnesota to hunt. He hopes
changing the law could incite more tourism in
the state this hunting season.

Deer hunting season opens Sept. 18 for
archers and Nov. 6 for firearms.

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Keeps others out ??? I say then you should have to remove to take a sandwich break back at the truck

Would this also mean that anyone could use the stand seeing as it is on public land?

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Would this also mean that anyone could use the stand seeing as it is on public land?

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X2, I could see this creating even more problems in the woods.

Free deer stands for everyone! You would have to be real stupid to leave a deer stand on public property I would think. Not that I would take another’s deer stand but many people would.

I was part of what is called tree sampling or forest inventory with the US Fish and Wildlife during my undergrad days and came to realize there are still a good deal of hunters who leave their stands up all year on public land as we ventured through the woods for about 3 weeks straight.

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I would think that being able to leave stands up would be a smart thing in that hunters would suffer many less injuries. I have to assume that when most guys fall out of stands to the earth below that it happens when guys are hanging or taking down stands…RR

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I would think falling asleep would be number 1

The number of territorial disputes would increase if you allowed hunters to leave up their deer stands on public hunting ground. The gentlemen’s agreement now is first come first serve – meaning that whoever gets their first generally gets to claim that area.

Let’s say you get up early, hike all the way into an area, hang up your stand right before daylight and get settled in. About an hour later, you see another hunter approaching your area then proceeds to either climb up in his tree stand (that was left overnight) 50 yards from you or he see’s you and then has to take his down to go somewhere else. Not a good situation to be in on either side.

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The number of territorial disputes would increase if you allowed hunters to leave up their deer stands on public hunting ground. The gentlemen’s agreement now is first come first serve – meaning that whoever gets their first generally gets to claim that area.

Let’s say you get up early, hike all the way into an area, hang up your stand right before daylight and get settled in. About an hour later, you see another hunter approaching your area then proceeds to either climb up in his tree stand (that was left overnight) 50 yards from you or he see’s you and then has to take his down to go somewhere else. Not a good situation to be in on either side.

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I agree
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I often thought it would be a good idea to have a map of the public property at the parking area with push pins to mark the area you intend to hunt before venturing into the woods. Obviously it wouldn’t work with huge tracts of land with numerous parking areas but in my neck of the woods, its mostly smaller areas with a designated lot for public access. Not a 100% cure all for run-ins with other hunters, but it could save a lot of frustration when heading into a couple hundred acre hunk of woods before dawn and walking up on the only other guy who’s in there.

They do this in the state forest land in MT. At each trail head there is a sign in sheet that each person can fill out where they are heading and for how long.

Of course this only works if (1) the first person fills it out and (2) the second/third/fourth give a rip

I myself see it as a good thing. For those that dont have a climber taking down and putting up a stand in the dark SUCKS. A chunk of county land I hunt in WI allows you to leave your stands up all season. I have yet to see in the 14 years that I have been there any major issues. To me if I see another stand that just tells me someone is hunting there and I move away.

I see it as saving more than a few injuries from falling out of trees. I give it my approval.

just my .02

State land is just that, land for everyone to enjoy. Allowing stands to be left up is a terrible idea. It grants someone the ability to mark as much area as they really want as their own based on the attitude of people today. “My stand is here, I’m hunting here…go somewhere else.” “I have hunted here for 20+ years and all of a sudden you come in, get out” Oh really?

Bad, bad idea. Leave the land as you saw it the first day you stepped foot into. Which includes the 4 lane highways you sometimes see guys cut for shooting lanes and the hideous looking permanent stands you see up north. If safety is a concern, hunt from the ground.

I don’t see any way this would turn out to be a good idea.