Things must be a lot different there than here. On public land we can just set them up and leave them in place till next year if we want (unless people steal them) and with my side by side I can easily transport the ladder stands around as it takes 2 of us to put it up. On private land I would say 90% of landowners don't really care where we set up or how long we leave them. The ladder stands I have are easy to put up and take down, we have it down to a science now. I did not have to move any stands after I had them set up last year as I had lots of bears hitting them.
Its probably different down here because Florida is heavily "tree farmed". Most of the public(and private for that matter) is owned by timber companies or the properties are under timber rights. Trees, especially pines are planted, grown, harvested and replanted on a regular basis for paper products and lumber. If the guy running the machinery doesn't see a set of climbing sticks or a tree stand even, it can destroy equipment in a hurry. one nail can destroy a 10k$ saw blade in less than a second. Thats why all hunting equipment is supposed to be removed after season is over.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense. We are heavily forested as well which is the reason I do not use anything which has to be nailed to any trees. Everything is straped to the tree using ratchet tie downs and strings. I have been very lucky as none of my stands have ever been taken down or ruined by forest contractors.
