<font color=blue> ma hunter</font id=blue>, I'm going to make the assumption that this is public land --
It seems as if I disagree with the majority of the board, but being in the minority is no indication of my being wrong. If you have scouted and looked at various places to hunt, you have as much of a right to hunt an area as anyone else. They (stand hangers) do not assume "squatters rights" just because they leave there stand hanging in the woods all season. If that were the case, why shouldn't you just hang 15 stands all over the place and essentially take over the property?!?
I don't think that this gives you the right to use any of these stands that aren't yours, <font color=red>you don't</font id=red>. However, you do have the right to hang your stand 10-20 yards from it and hunt as you usually do.
<font color=green>Lets look at it in a different light:</font id=green> If I know that there is a great parking spot at work, do I have the right to put an orange cone in it when I'm not there so as to reserve it for myself only? Obviouly not. In a public forum, area, etc.....there is no "reserving" for one's self or special privleges. It is first come first serve... Not, come and reserve.
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