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    Only had experience at Montauk and was never approached. Never discussed it with them either, just hung next to the family tend. All other state park experiences were primitive, off trail hanging; I've never even seen a ranger on any of those occassions.

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    I've had more problems in the St Charles county parks than I've had in the State parks. My 12 yo son and I were right on the main drag in Hawn over the summer and that ranger went around on the golf cart several times and didn't approach us to even look at our suspension. That was before we hit the hiking trail and stayed the next night in the trail sites. The trail sites see hammocks all year round.

    The county parks....now when those folks say don't hang anything from a tree, they mean that it doesn't matter how it is attached to the tree, don't do it.
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    No problems in any of the Mo parks we have stayed in.
    Though it might be a good idea for me to get some 2" tree straps just to have in the arsenal.

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    **** Reviving an old thread from 2015 *****

    I ran into a couple at Canoecopia in Madison this year who were pretty insistant this Missouri park 2-inch hammock strap policy was well enforced.

    Anyone experience rangers enforcing this policy?
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    I've not been challenged by any rangers on this issue, but I mostly hang in the winter months when you're less likely to encounter one. I'd like to have a few words with whoever is responsible for coming up with that ridiculous policy. I'll bet there's as much "science" to support it as there is for... well... maybe I better stop there.

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    A few years ago I was within an hour or so of the northern border with Iowa, near the Mississippi, was told that absolutely nothing could be hanging from the trees, can't recall the location or if it was a state park though.

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