found one of mine stolen a couple weeks ago but I'm blaming the firemen that put out the brush fires in this area,,, my stand was fine for years and well hidden in this private piece until a brush fire came through and theres a little field where the fire was on one side and the stand was on the other looking into the field and the tire tracks from the woods buggy that the firemen drive through the woods tell me thay sat right there and turned around a couple times and blah blah blah the stand that was locked with a lock on its chain and ladder are gone now and where cut with bolt cutters which they carry in the truck to cut locks on gates ,,,, so even some firemen out there are thieves.
earl I had one stolen that had a cable lock on it and the guy shot the cable with a slug,,, not much effort,,,some of our stands we use stainless deck screws and then galvy wire clips and use a couple of those on the chain where it leaves the stand and touches the tree and then comes backl to the stand---> unscrewing these takes too long especially if you don't have a #3 screw driver and they usually don't take the stand,,,, but for leaving the stand nothing beats the old steel chain ons!