I used to hunt Wheeler almost exclusively, I made a mad dash from work to hunt one afternoon and found 2 brand new climbers left on the bases of trees right were I was going to climb. One of those trees I had trimmed up myself and made it climbable and where I was going to hang my stand that afternoon. As has been already mentioned this is illegal on Wheeler. I had mixed feelings, I thought about owning 2 new stands and calling it an afternoon but I'm not a thief so I wound their pull-up ropes around the stands and probably tied a few knots in them. I also used my trail marking paper towels and tied a dozen or so white flags on the stands. You could spot those stands as far as you could see in the woods. I went on a hunted another place but I came out early disappointed I didn't get to hunt my hotspot. I eased by the earlier spot to see if anyone had shown up to hunt and ran a deer off that was eating the acorns near my tree. I guess the white flags didn't scare the deer but those stands were removed the next time I went to that area. I never knew if a thief or the owners had removed them.

To answer your question, report them!!

Why would you tie knots in someones pull up rope much less even mess with someones stand that you walked up on?

I read this whole thread and he didn’t have the common courtesy to update the thread with what happened on opening day. I feel cheated and disappointed. Boo

I hunted there opening day, I walked in and the stand was gone. Either somebody else found it, or he took it down himself. Almost got walked in on though. Sorry for the late response.