Homers got character! Woot Woot!.
IMO If I found a stand on public land like that I would use it. I have. And I have had someone walk up on me. The first time it happened he had his boy with him, and I apologized and stated the law just so he would know. The next time I had taken my climber back and set up right next to his ladder, I told him I wasn't moving because this is public land, first come first serve. 2 seasons later his stand is rotting away in the tree. PPl occasionally use it, but Ive never seen him back.
-Jake