last year, opening day im 3/4 of the way up my tree..actually may been all the way up..i know i had my flashlight on..may been getting settled in..

i hear something crashing through the woods like a freight train...then see a flashlight..dude is chargin me ready to rumble. im a laid back, easy goin kinda guy....aint too much worth fightin over...not even a good huntin spot to me...dude starts flippin. "this is MY spot! i been hunting here 20 some years!! blah blah etc...

my buddy is a farmer and farms all the land in the area. he hooks me up with spots...from where he been seein the good ones to getting the permission. i thought somehow he was my buddies friend...so being a nice guy, i said whatever dude...i'll pack up and go no biggie to me i surely aint gunna fight you over it.

hunt somewhere else and dont see jack all morning. goto my buddies farm and tell him...he says he never heard of the guy or seen him there in his life..so while farming he drives the tractor to the edge of the woods and goes has a chat with him.

to top things off, he was there most of the day Sunday...we cant hunt on Sundays....and one of the 2 monsters was never seen again[:@]

i did get a shot at a buck in there in bow season and seen the other monster in rifle season....but i would loved to been there opening day....

his stand was gone before rifle season...though his truck was there in rifle season, he drives his work truck so he could been in the area with his buddies or something...all i know is he never came back except to get his stand...i rifle hunted that spot and he wasnt there..must been across the road..

im beating him there this opener and i aint leavin if he does try to come in...for all i care, he can sit in his stand and i will sit in mine...mine is hung already...his wasnt as of a week ago. maybe he aint comin back..GOOD..i plan on using my lock on AND my climber opening day..and dont plan to leave till its dark again