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Stands like this present more issues than being an eyesore. (Courtesy St. Louis Co. Dept. of Lands and Mines)
By Jay Kumar, OutdoorChannel.com
Minnesota has a problem: More and more deer hunters are putting illegal, house-like, permanent stands on public land. It hasn't turned into an epidemic yet, but may reflect a culture that is putting more value in creature comforts, even when hunting.
"It's been developing over time," said Curt Cogan, forestry enforcement coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. "It's not like just the last couple years we've started to see them. It's more like one's been there for a few years, then another one might go up quarter mile away from it.
"As we see more and more, it's become a problem, and it's an eyesore on the landscape."
It's also illegal.
"What...