totally understand and my run in which is what prompted my call to the manager was due to me getting to an area first, climbing a tree, only to have a guy come in with a headlamp right by my stand. I flashed a light at him, he saw me and continued to his stand which cut me off from where I thought the deer were gonna come from. After hunt he decided to get down when I did and walk over and apologize. There was no way for me to know his stand (ladder stand) was there. It wasn't there a week before. I got there and was set up and he still hunted 50 yds from me and put himself in position to cut me off if the deer did what obviously we both thought they would do. Just didn't happen that morning. Issue is he knew I was there and still hunted his stand just like you assumed he would.

I called the area manager and he told me that he allowed people to set ladders, lock-ons, etc. due to the fact it could be a physical hindrance to carry a stand in. They could get help setting the stand and taking it down, but not carrying it in every time. He did say that the guy should have left and not hunted there.

That being said, if I get drawn for LBL I always go on Thursday and carry my stand in and lock it to a tree. In the morning I am going to that tree, but I have not had issues there as it is a big area and only so many get drawn, then only so many show up.