Went this morning. had a very disturbing and unproductive hunt. Two of our gates had been pushed in an broken but at least this time the scoundrels did not steal the gates, chains or locks as has happened over the last 5 or 6 months. I hunted in a favorite spot from last year but had not been in yet to trim back the limbs on its trails. That was a mistake. I was very noisy walking in carrying my climber and probably spooked everything within a mile of me. I was about 500 yards from a road and about 9:30 AM heard a car riding the road going extremely slower than usual as if he was looking for something. Then they stopped. After about an hour and since I hadn't seen anything and the wind was really kicking, decided to ease back to the truck. When I got within 75 yards, I heard something that sounded like someone was driving spikes in the ground with a sledge hammer. Across from where I park, there was a dude with an ax chopping some bamboo and cedar trees that was on our land. I told him he was trespassing and on private property and he said he was unaware it was private property and apologized and said he would not do it again. I told him of the vandalism and if there was a next time the authorities would be called. I haven't seen a deer yet and my buddy said the ones he has seen (4) are very skiddish and nervous acting. I think the hulligans have been riding our land at night doing who knows what possibly shooting and spotlighting. Oh well maybe next week.