Originally Posted by
Fenelon
It's pretty much a no-brainer to me. If some anus is ignorant enough to use your stand after you've done all the work , then a bit of old fashioned "circumstantial punishment" is definitely due. I realize it's normally very childish to mess with someone's immune system, but hey, what the hell!
We did this one on two baited bear stands we had up on crown land. Worked like a charm. Pretty much what they call "good, clean fun that you can't put a dollar value on".
Get yourself a couple of pair of disposable surgical gloves. Now go cut yourself about 2 lbs of poison ivy stalk. Don't waste your time with any the remaining leaves, as the plant is now in translocation mode and the highest volatile resin content is in the main stem cambium. Now grind those stems into a fine mush paste, to resemble creamed horseradish sauce. You should be whistling as you do this. Pop the mush, with all the juice concentrate, into an old margarine tub.
At your stand, don another pair of gloves, and liberally coat anything on your stand that would receive body contact from a user (climbing pegs, ladder rungs, shooting rail, shooting rail adjust knobs, seat cushion, platform base). Do a little bit of fancy extra whistling as you coat the bottom 6 feet, and the top 6 feet, of your hanging gun retrieval rope. Use a J-cloth rag, and make sure you paste the tree bark for four feet above the platform seat level (where the person's back and neck will rest).
Now open the little backpack you've carried into the bush. Remove the Penthouse/Hustler skin mag that you picked up at the 7-Eleven). You've already done some preamble prep on this mag, using a resin-impregnated j-cloth that was dampened with resin. You used a hairdryer to dry the pages). Leave the mag inside a garbage bag, under the seat, Make sure the neck of the bag is well coated in resin too. Now go home and feel good about yourself.
Chances are the prick using your stand, even once, will be admitted to Emerg for life-threatening contact dermatitis. The type that requires I.V. systemic corticosteroids, and time off work. He'll be coated in resin every time he touches his gear, unless he does the math and cleans every piece of his equipment, right down to his car keys, and the extended cab upholstery in his truck.
Only real drawback is you'll render that stand useless, until you take it down, and power wash it with industrial strength detergent and degreaser.
Dave
