I had hunted big oaks many times in the past without any problems. Then about 7 years ago I was hunting there with my son on a firearm hunt, we were drawn for a area the was about 450 acres with a limit of 6 hunters. We had hunted this section the year before and scouted several places in case other hunters were there. So the morning of our hunt we get to our first pick and no one was there, while we were getting ready a truck pulls up and parks about 50 yards from us. My son and I walk in before daylight carrying climbing tree stands, we split up about a quarter of a mile in. It's still dark when I settle in the tree and I see flashlights coming in on the trail we just walked in. When the light gets 50 yards from my tree I turn my light on and say there are people in this area. One light keeps coming my way and comes under my tree, I turn my light on again as he walks by.
Like I said the area we were hunting was 450 acres and big oaks allowed a maximum of 6 hunters. When daylight came there was me and two other gun hunters on less than a acre and that didn't include my son. I couldn't believe that they wanted that close and if a deer came by it would have been interesting.
As i was about to get down and move, my son radioed that he got a doe, I got down to help him get it out and vowed to never to hunt there again.