Ok I just got permission to hunt a new farm. It has 165 acres. The first day I go to hunt, without ever walking the property I come over a ridge and see a tree on a field edge. I say to myself, that's where I'm going to hang my stand, so I can observe the most area and see where the deer are moving. Now bear in mind it is pouring rain, and although the farmer said 6 other people, also have permission to hunt this property, i know no-one is silly enough to be in the woods today. Besides where he told me to park there were no other vehicles. So I know I am alone. Now as I get to the tree, I see a stand already there, with tree steps to get up to it. Of course no one is in it. Now is it oK to use this stand in this situation? I didn't, I moved on down the tree line a ways.

So what do you guys think?