It's just not right to sit in or near someones stand without their permission. I consider it low life same as poaching ethically wise. I had a run in with my own brother over a similar deal4 years ago. I made a special trip to New York's Adirondacks, 7 1/2 hourseach way. I did it to set up2 stands to use forbowhunting during the muzzleloader season andthen the first 2 days of gun season. I arrived Wed in time to hunt that afternoon. My brother said they had shot 2 and wounded a big one in the past two days with their muzzleloaders. Then the kicker, the stand I was going to hunt that afternoon he had put a friend in that morning. He wounded a bigbuck and they lost it. I held my temper and said where did you shoot the others. One from one of his10 stands and one from my other stand. He had sent his friend to that stand for the Wednesdayafternoon hunt. I went balistic. I spent the afternoon yanking my stands and now hunt only from my climber when there. I'm still pizzzzed about it 3 years later. How could someone have 10 stands and spend the first 4 days of the season putting his friend in my stands that I'd spent 2 days hanging after driving 7 1/2 hours, just so I wouldn't have to be stinking up the woods during the season. I haven't hunted with him the past 2 years. Not out of mad but just with things going on.... my wife's illness and then I went salmon fishing this year with my other brother instead.