i think that they just have the mentality that no one will find it.....keep an eye on it and do what you feel you have to do.......i personally wouldnt take it, especially if it was new....keep an eye on it, see if it's being used....then decide.....i've come across 2 climbers, real nice ones while out without locks on them...the one i took down and laid at the base of the tree, it was right there where the lease holders of the ajoining land could of seen it and taken it......the other i left where it was, though i did think about hunting out of it.....it was in a prime area and he wasnt hunting, but i left, i know i should of stuck around, but he could of just left and stunk it all up or i would stink it up for him.....sucked..