Permanent blinds on state land...

[heartman]

Any opinions you want to share regarding the placement of permanent blinds on state land?  Deer hunters and duck hunters?  We've a pretty big issue involving permanent blinds up here on St Louis BAy - they get built but are never taken down, as the law requires 7 days after the season is done.

What do you think?

[mountainview]

Have same problem down here. One of the local sportsmens clubs volunteered to the DNR to do a cleanup/workday at the marsh and in the process also "cleaned up" a number of such illegal blinds that had been there for a number of years.

[banen]

When you say Permanant blinds do you mean with man made materials (lumber, plywood, netting etc)?  I can't say where I hunt those are an issure, just don't see many of them, but if I did I wouldn't like it very much.  Now there are a couple of ladder stands that are left up year round and I don't like that very much.  Myself I prefer ground blinds but mine are all natural, I usually pile up some brush infront of me under a pine tree with low hanging branches.  I just prefer not to be looking at a pile of lumber.  But I dont' tear it down after the season, I doubt anyone else has even noticed them. 

[buck460XVR]

The problem we have on state land around here is those that leave their treestands/platforms up before/after the season to more or less stake out a hunting area.  Their thinking is that if everyone sees my stand here that they'll stay away or find someplace else to go on opening day. According to the local warden, any stand left unattended without an owners name and address attached is considered abandoned and is free for the taking. Same goes for stands left after season even with a name attached. Over the years I have removed many of these and was afraid I may be doing something wrong.....now I realize I was  right all along and its the jerks that are wrong. I see nothing wrong with making a blind out of natural occuring materials and leaving in the woods tho........