I gotta agree with Elkoholic. Dummy or not it just ain't right and it's probably a criminal offense. Every week since the 4th of July I went up the 1709 to the 1791 and since the 4th there were 3 dummy camps set up on the 1709 where the 340 and the 336 cross it. Did it chap my jaws because I wanted to camp there? Yes.
I imagine I could have gotten my trailer in there anyway because I was there starting the 29th and even with my 33-foot trailer I would have left enough room for the little tents that were there.
On the 31st around mid-day the dummy camps were still there and were okay when I passed them. (Except for the larger retangular tent that was collapsing due to rain water that had collected on roof.)
Okay ... obviously I don't like dummy camps but I think there was another thread on that subject. Live and let live and go find another place to camp.
Much of the shooting on the 3st was down lower in the gravel pit (non-hunters 3 or 4 guys and a couple gals with a baby). I know because I was there practicing with my bow and I talked to them. They had everything from handguns to AR to shotguns and had some sort of explosive liquid in milk jugs that sounded like a cannon when they hit it. During the weekend there were 2 kids (looked to be 14 or 15) and they both had .22 rifles and were plinking with them right above where one of my tree stand spots were just below the 1709. Did I like it? No!
Did they have every much right to be there as I did? Yes. And yes ... when the season opened on Tuesday there was some jackwagon up the 1791 popping off repeatedly with a gun and whoever was shooting up there moved around to various lines.
I don't remember who started the jackwagon thread but they nailed it.