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I have left mine up for up to 3 years but I don't think it's a good idea. After the season here in SC is over (Jan 1 last day) I will use the time to take them down, check them out, replace straps and then go ahead and rehang in a month or two. Winter is the best time to scout IMO when you can find rubs you did not know existed and perhaps new setups. Then you can hang the stands in new setups or tried and true setups and have confidence in having them in place well before the season next year. I hate handing stands in August! Only applies in private places where one has this luxury.
Posts: 171 | From: Florence, South Carolina | Registered: Jul 2004
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I suppose you are talking of private property. It's not very smart to let stands up year around on public land. Matter of fact, in Pa., it is illegal...they must be removed after season. I don't use em', so I don't hange em'.
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My Dad and I leave our stands out all year but we hunt on private land. If your on public land I wouldn't want to leave it out all year. Like George I think here in Illinois it is illegal to leave them up.
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I leave mine up during the entire season, but take them down either when it is over or first thing in the spring before the new tree growth begins. Growth of the tree could break the stand. Ladder stands stay up but the straps are loosened and replaced as needed the next year.
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Three quick stories all about the same private property. I came in from the woods to help the farmer with a task. When I returned to my stand an hour later I found a poacher in my stand. As a cop I held him there until a beat cop arrived. Second time I came out from a morning hunt only to return lated the same day to find my stand gone. The last. During preseaon scouting I found my best tree gone. Yes tree, beavers liked that tree as much as I did.
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David Posts: 891 | From: Ohio | Registered: Aug 2009
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Have left a few out. Own my own property. All good advice above. Be sure to protect anything fabric such as seat or straps from sun as well as animals. I found the uv rays from the sun would rot the seat fabric, and even the nylon straps. If you treat it or put something over it, you should be ok.
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Venatôr Posts: 1081 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Nov 2007
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I have a couple that I have been leaving out... I am about to change that though, the thought of the straps going bad scares me a little. That and the weather takes it's toll on them as well, they can start to get a little squeaky and rusty and squirrels can have fun eating at the seats. I am going to change and start taking them down late winter or early spring when I do some scouting and store them in the house. That way I can maintain them and keep them nice. Then I'll put them back out there around August or so.
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Fred Bear Posts: 1431 | From: Grand Rapids, MI | Registered: Dec 2004
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I have one that has been in the tree going on 7 or 8 years now. It was a $30 hang on stand. Every year I worry about finding it all rusted out. But hunted it once this year and it was fine.
I think it depends on the quality of the stand and public access to the land.
I hunt with a Lone Wolf stand now and always take it in and out with me. I am hunting private land, but I don't have any control over access.
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I place stands just before and during season & pull them down at end of season. I use Screaming Eagle chain-on stands.
Posts: 459 | From: Jefferson City, MO | Registered: Feb 2006
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We use to leave ours out for about 2 years at a time. We ran into too many problems with that time frame, so we just recently started pulling them down every year and thoroughly checking them out before rehanging them in late summer/early fall.
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I leave the platform out all year. I take the seat off so it doesnt get chewed on. I replaced the bolts on the seat with cotter pin setup so all I have to do is pull the pins and the seat comes off easier.....Roy
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My lock ons stay out all season and get moved around depending on deer movement. They will be taken down after the season for inspection and painting if necessary.
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