Troy - I really have only one good entrance/exit strategy, but with the rotation of stands I'm accumulating - it looks like I will be able to keep it pretty fresh.

As for other hunters, I found a stand about 1/2 mile down the ridge - it's chained on with a new lock and the whole nine yards. This guy is really deep, but he's illegally bringing an ATV across the wildlife unit into his stand. There's a private road that cuts into the corner of the public land - and backtracking the ATV trails, that's where they're coming from. You can easily see where the quad guys are hunting, b/c they're major litterbugs. White trash. I have no patience for people like that. If I keep hunting in there - I'll butt heads with these scumbags. No doubt.

Everybody wants to sit in the most remote areas, but 95% of them are too damn lazy to do it the hard way. The right way. So they cheat. And that burns my ass.

I've met the local DNR guy, and he's a pretty good egg. I might "suggest" that he opens up the gate and takes a ride back in there this fall. Just to drop in an say "Hi." LOL

You're definitely right - staying up out of the draws and hollows tends to produce a steadier wind - or a consistent thermal push. I'm holding this stand for a day in early November when the winds are slated to be calm, and I know I'm gonna get a good thermal breeze. That's when this stand should be at its best. Besides, I've gotta wait until some foliage comes off, b/c this place is gonna be thicker than pea soup.

I looked over those rubs really good - and there's definitely a buck with some major league headgear hitting them over the course of several years.