You know everyone here seems to be missing something. Perhaps just perhaps other people may have scouted the same areas and reserved them for latter in the season. Just because one person scouted an area on public land does not mean that someone else will not scout the same areas. It is public land paid for by everyone for everyone. I also hunt some public land and do feel a certain ownership of the areas I setup on. But if someone else gets there before I do then They have every right to hunt there also. Not easy, but it is public land. Yes I too have the hunters that come in late and make so much noise they chase deer for me. Another thing about public land to quote one of the thirty point buck cd's " treat every hunter as if they were loaded" If I do not know a hunter that gets too close to me I move. I would never think of confronting a hunter out there because you just never know. There are those people that believe there is nothing wrong with having a drink during hunting.