I agree with you completely. Landowners can't be there all the time so it is up to the responsible hunters to police the area when we are there.
One of my best friends has let me hunt his farm for over 30 years. About 10 years ago another very close friend of mine was looking for a place to hunt and I asked the farmer if he had space for him and he said sure. I took the new hunter to the farm and showed him around so he could find an area for a stand. However, I told him the farmer really cared for his trees and not to put up a permanent stand until the farmer was with us. Guess what happened? The next day he went down by himself and built a stand. When I found out I called the farmer and told him I would take care of the problem. (He didn't know the stand was up.) I told my other friend to take the stand down immediately and that he could not hunt there. The farmer was grateful to me for taking care of the problem myself without getting him involved.
I am no longer friends with the other guy...
One of my best friends has let me hunt his farm for over 30 years. About 10 years ago another very close friend of mine was looking for a place to hunt and I asked the farmer if he had space for him and he said sure. I took the new hunter to the farm and showed him around so he could find an area for a stand. However, I told him the farmer really cared for his trees and not to put up a permanent stand until the farmer was with us. Guess what happened? The next day he went down by himself and built a stand. When I found out I called the farmer and told him I would take care of the problem. (He didn't know the stand was up.) I told my other friend to take the stand down immediately and that he could not hunt there. The farmer was grateful to me for taking care of the problem myself without getting him involved.
I am no longer friends with the other guy...