central rural ny and we have 81 acres of uphill to hunt, have been fine for about ten years, no major issues, then this year, we put up three or four of the newer two man ladderstands at about $200 a clip, there are four new hunters with us (all just of age) and we were planning touse them as buddy-seats. went up to recheck the signs last week and two of the four are gone. long story short, state police say they cant do anyhting without receipts, and those suspected have other issues with the police too, in other words, we are up S,creek. policeman DID say that as it is private property, we do not have to allow anyone on land if we dont want to, and if they are found there, they can , within our rights, be removed by force if necessary, no guns allowed, but he said a good a**-kickin would probably work just as well anyhow. we have now begun to mark all of our stands by drilling a pattern of really small holes in the non-wear areas, and we are trying to get a deal on trail cams as well as looking into those child locator thingies to see if they may have an application here as well. just putting it out there guys, hope you get something from it.
