Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite

[35 Whelen]

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: 'My Whole Place Shook'

Minnesota foresters recently used dynamite to remove two illegally built tree stands in Bowstring State Forest. Neighbors say the method was overkill.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[kmckinnie]

ShaZam

 

[GeorgiaBob]

A Native American builds a tree stand on forest land WITHIN his own Reservation. The Leach Lake man hunts from the stand for ten years. The two stands were never "hidden" and everyone locally knew about the stands and the hunter. From the story, "enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and that the land in question is within the Leech Lake Reservation."

Then the Blue state bureaucrats blow it up because they say the forest is also a state park and stands are illegal. Seems to me we need a serious readjustment in the attitude of all surviving bureaucrats whether state of fed.

 

[pjciii]

When I saw the name of the state park I was wondering if DNR were on reservation land. Probably could have done just as good a job with a tractor and some rope.

 

[The Original Rooster]

Dynamite for a stand like that? Yeah, that was overkill and a waste of resources. A 4 wheeler and a tow strap could have likely pulled it down.

 

[Pig Predator]

Looks like they were portable and not attached to trees like the article suggests.

 

[DAVE]

Government agency, knows if they didn't show they had used the dynamite, they couldn't get more money for more next year.

 

[westcobbdog]

Another extreme example of govt over reach.

 

[tcward]

Overkill much?

 

[SwampMoss]

I'm surprised they didn't call in an airstrike!!!!

 

[elfiii]

Dynamite for a stand like that? Yeah, that was overkill and a waste of resources. A 4 wheeler and a tow strap could have likely pulled it down.

Why take it down at all? It was on the reservation. I question if they had juris-my-diction and if they did they shouldn’t.

 

[Throwback]

I'm surprised they didn't call in an airstrike!!!!

That would be cool !

 

[Throwback]

Diesel fuel and a match

 

[coolbreezeroho]

4 wheeler ..rope ...and a chainsaw to cut it up a little....Nope

Dynamite...Someone went way way out of bounds​