Our WMA's around here are pretty large...between 25,000 and 100,000 acres. I use both climbers and ladders. I've never encountered a hunter who felt that he was restricted by the placement of someone else's stand. I once erected my climber in the dark and found myself quite near a ladder. Luckily, he didn't hunt that morning, and I moved elsewhere for the evening. It's common here to leave ladders in for weeks at a time. No one seems to mind as there is lots of room for everyone. The only problems we have are with stand thieves...a relatively new problem.
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