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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4340545" data-attributes="member: 5412">Way back in the day, I had a deer trail across a creek that looked like a super highway with a giant oak tree above it. I built a platform that was 6' X 6' with a cubby for sandwiches and so on in that tree that was 24' above that trail. Long shot to the ground. The elderly lady I got permission from North of Blackwell said she had lived there for 80 years and never saw a deer, but if you want to waste your time, go ahead. I killed 9 does and a couple bucks from that place before she died and the family sold it. Always got into the stands at least an hour before daylight if not earlier, convinced at that time if any deer were disturbed by walking in, and hour or more would give them time to settle down and get back to their routine. One morning, saw headlights on the neighbors place a hundred yards or so to the South before daylight. About 30 minutes later, I hear someone climbing the spikes in the tree up to the platform. When his head came over the top, I hit him with a flashlight. He was so startled that he just about fell backwards but gathered himself. Asked him WTF was he doing at my deer stand? The first words out of his mouth was that he was a Blackwell LEO and had permission to hunt this property. The discussion went south from there, and he left. Later that morning, killed the heaviest buck I've killed to date at 230lbs field dressed at the check station but was only a scrawny 7 point. Back then, no feeders, no cameras, just a lot of time in the woods to connect.</blockquote>

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