Hey if I can cruise on his atv to his stand, why not? haha, really helps make it easy...
But I agree, it's different everywhere, but some areas let you leave stands up for an entire season, and some guys never take them down at the end of the season, so these stands can be left for years...
Then on top of it ya, say a guy is hunting a week gun season, but the stand is left in place during 3 months of bow hunting...
Really if you're going ot be hunting public land, and leaving your stand out for months at a time and don't want guys to be using your stand, better get a climber, and haul it in and out every time you use it!