I've given this a fair amount of thought over the years. Leaving a stand set up implies ownership, and plenty of people would be ready to argue their claim with someone who set up near "Their spot". A few would abandon their own stand if someone was there first, and many would move along; honoring the "claim" whether its valid or not, or even whether the stand-owner is even going to be there that day. The "Claimer" is counting on that, make no mistake about it. Good, fair minded, sharing people and good sportsmen are the easiest to screw over.
The only fair system that I can think of is a regulation that requires every stand on public land to be taken down every day; or failing that that an abandoned tree-stand can be used by anyone who wants to use it. That would take care of the "Claimers" in a hurry. When that stand quits being a property claim and starts being an advertisement you'll never see another one left hanging.
The only fair system that I can think of is a regulation that requires every stand on public land to be taken down every day; or failing that that an abandoned tree-stand can be used by anyone who wants to use it. That would take care of the "Claimers" in a hurry. When that stand quits being a property claim and starts being an advertisement you'll never see another one left hanging.