Originally Posted by
sconnyhunter
Under normal conditions, I too would do what you did and have the same expectations. However, not everyone has the same amount of decorum, and respect for others that you or I do. Your better off just doing what you did, move to another location and hope for the best.
I hear you... I've had many similar stories on public land... Number of years ago I had 3 teenagers come into the woods and actually hang a stand about 50 yards from me WHILE I was actually hunting... They continued to screw around for a long time, laughing, throwing sticks at each other even long after they knew I was there... I got down, and walked past them at about 5 yards and didn't even look at them....
Not saying the close stand is justified but it's possible that he didn't see your stand OR has been hunting that spot for years - which is hard - I just went out the other night to hang a stand and there was one 15 yards from one of my 'annual' stand sites- I ended up going about 100 yards in another direction (sometimes it's hard to go much further than that on a piece that's not that big)... I've had many stands show up within 50 yards of mine over the years and rarly do we seem to hunt at the same time so it may not end up being a huge deal...