YOU own a tree on PUBLIC land??? I own just as much of that tree as you do....

Let me tell you another story....About 25 years ago I invited 6-7 guys to come down east and run their deer dogs on our farms...15 truck loads of hunters showed up...Over 30 hunters, I went with them, showed them where to set up standers and where to turn the dogs loose...We killed 7-8 deer that day...For 3-4 years my brother, who still lives in the area was running "hunters" off our land that were part of that group.....It is 225 miles from where our family farms are to where these guys live......

You can bet your best deer rifle I learned my lesson....I do take 2 guys with me now each year for a week, one is a plumber and happens to own a nice travel trailer that we stay the week in, the other got me in on a local hunt about 20 years ago, we still have it and still hunt together...

I'm sorry these guys treated you this way, but you have to be careful who you hunt with and what you tell them.