I also had a stand up on an adjoining private property, about 100 yards onto their property. I had permission to hunt the property and hang the stand from the land owner, but the hunters who leased the property to hunt took the stand down and placed it on the property line in tact and all the pieces together. While i was not happy about all my wasted time i do respect the fact that they didn't steal the stand and didn't tamper with it. I was actually extremely happy with the hunters and have a great deal of respect for what they did. If taking down a stand was solely for the fact of hunting territory or "owning the woods" this is a good alternative to stealing the stand. Stealing a stand is straight up wrong and is as low life as can be.