Dilemma, What would you do?
I was given permission to hunt on a piece of property out of state. Originally I was told that it was 100 acres. When I had the permission slip signed, the landowner indicated he had 30 acres. At that time he told me his brother owned the adjoining 70 acres and he would ask if I could hunt there as well. He also told me that another 2 people hunt there too sometimes. He told me that there aren't any stands in place. I dropped $100 on an out of state license and when I checked out the place, his brother said that he already had a few guys hunting on his land, so I'm back down to 30 acres. No problem there, however the property mainly consists of 2 huge fields with trees on the periphery. When I scouted the place, the two best spots I could find had stands placed nearby. Now, I know somebody else has permission to hunt the place, but I don't know when they plan on being there. Before I checked the place out, the landowner suggested these two spots to me as good places to go and said no stands were up. I didn't place any stands before last week because I planned to pack in a climber. Now, opening day is this Thursday. I plan on being there before daylight. Would it be wrong to hunt near (not in) these stands? If I didn't plan to pack my stand in the day of the hunt, I would have probably hung stands near these places ahead of time too. Keep in mind, I have no idea when these stands are going to be hunted, just that they are there. For all I know, they may have stands elsewhere that I haven't located. Obviously, if I get there and someone is there, I'll move. Should I expect them to do the same? After all, we all have permission to hunt the same property. What would you do??