Re: Question of Character?
Maybe I am wrong, but I would set the stands down at the base of the tree with a note. I would explain in the note that you will now be hunting that ground alone.
The stands are not worth starting a war over. I have seen that happen around here before. People retaliate by stealing stands, throwing meat around your stands, putting bait under your stands and calling the Warden, etc. You end up spending the whole season worried about your stands and your ground instead of hunting. I think its not worth it.