I never planed on leaving the ribbon there. It was a way fo rme to locate where I was so I could make the second trip to spill the mineral and set up camera. On the way back I remove the ribbons, but the guy never gave me 24 hours to get set up and get bearings of where I set up. This is about 100 acres of hardwood and thick sapplings to get to where I was going. never planned on leaving a trail to my secret spot!