I hunted property that only my group of 6 had permission to hunt. During one of my scouting trips I came across a beautiful ladder stand that looked like it had not been used for many years & had never seen it before in this area, but I left it alone & went about my scouting. I later asked the landowner & my group if they had put it up or knew who it belonged to & nobody knew.
I left it there for 5 years & never used it & never saw anyone near it (there was a saftey belt hanging over one of the ladder rungs all of this time & never saw it moved).
When the landowner timbered this area I guess he removed the stand & got rid of it but we never did find out who it belonged to & none of my group ever did make use of it.
So I guess I would never hunt out of anybody elses stand.

Straight Shooting
mtbyak