Just curiousabout your experiences... my personal worst encounter afield with a fellow " human" happened last year on state land in Michigan. I hunt a cedar swamp and pack boots in as I have to wear waders to get to my blind. I put the boots on once I get to the blind to avoid having to wear wet, cold waders during my hunt. I walked out around noon to eat lunch with my brother and left my boots in my blind, concealed behind a large log, covered with some swamp grass. When I got back to my blind a little while later, my boots were gone! I ended up meeting up with the thief later that afternoon as he came walking back through to see if there was anything else he could pilfer. He honestly seemed like he was about a half bushel shy of a half bushel.

I also had a tree stand stolen a few years back... found the lock cut at the base of the tree... only to meet up with the guy that took it a couple weeks later. Without ANY accusations, I started talking to him about how someone had taken my stand. HE ADMITTED TO TAKING IT, then proceded to tell me that it was in HIS tree (state land, mind you) and I wasn' t getting it back.