Rick,

I have had two encounters with other hunters in my life and both times we both had weapons in our hands. Both times myself, and the other hunter have been hot. Both times I realized that it could end in a bad way and calmed myself and the other guy down so that we could walk away. This time I thought before I reacted and decided the safe way was not to confront the guy at 6am. When I looked over at 7:30, he was gone. He must have known he got caught and left after I walked the other way. If it was during the daytime, I would call my friend over and we would both approach the guy from different angles to talk to him.

I don't care how people try to justify it, confronting someone over stuff like this isn't worth dying over. I have had a gun in my face. I have been shot at. I have been stabbed. People may talk like Barney Badass but until it happens to you, you have no idea what it feels like. (That wasn't meant as negative towards your comment. Just a fact.) It pissed me off that he was in our stand. It just wasn't the right time to confront him about it.

Peace