Same crew that did this bent up a ladder stand.

I would feel really safe hunting from that climber.

What centrala said: I am a logger an a hunter .i have gotten cussings many times from hunters but as a hunter i try not let it bother me. Most hunters just dont understand they dont own the land they hunt on . Hunters pay for the RIGHT to hunt nothing else. The landowner is responsable for gates property lines an things like that. I can tell you if your a logger an dont hunt then u hate them dang hunters that put treestands on every tree an plant food plots right where you need a loading deck. If u lease from a big timber company i can promise u the timber will be cut sometimes within 15 to 20 yr rotation so plan on food plots an stands being in the way. The timber company could care less about your stand or food plot. They just want your money. The money from hunting lease is trivial compared to timber sale price. Lot of bigger companies are contracting out the leasing to a different company so they dont have deal with hunters. That the reason lot of lease prices are going up to pay middle man.If you dont pay there is someone out there that will. If you own your own land please use a forester an get performance bond put up from just for safeguard your land if you have timber cut. No its not normal for loggers to steal stands. The company i work for has a cutting budget an send the lease holder maps of what to be cut the next yr so they can move stand or plots. I doze hunters plots on jobs i cut if they ask me an i do it for free. If i find a stand i take it down an move out to side of road. I know there is bad people in every profession but its not the normal for loggers to be thiefs . We have a million dollars worth of equipment sitting in backside of nowhere just tempting every crackhead head around to steal radiators, batteries or hunters to shoot holes in everything just because we damaged their food plot.I know loggers get a bad rap but most are good honest hardworking folks that love being in the outdoors like the hunters do.

Never heard of a logger having sole rights to property. Usually a logging contracter has 18 month contract to log a private individuals property unless its just a handshake deal. Lot of trust between land owner an logger to do a handshake job anymore. If you have paid a lease the land owner should refund your money if you can t hunt that yr because he dont want you too. A logger having sole rights to someone else of property for yr. something fishy in that deal. Just my two cents worth.