QuoteA guy at work told me that one of the guys on their lease shot a buck out of his son's new treestand that they put 8 hours into setting it up and had pics of the buck from their trail cam.

The guy knew they had a new stand out, but did not know exact location and knew they were working on this big buck. He found the stand, got into it and killed the big buck.

You say the guy didn't know the exact location of the stand but found it. How do we know if he new what stand he was in? Perhaps he just found one and decided to sit that particular stand for the day. Who's to say that the big buck would have come by while the son was sitting the stand? You can't lay claim to an animal that is fair chase. If the hunter had sat another stand and the big buck came by and he shot it, would that make him wrong even knowing they were after it? Not trying to provoke anyone but, lay some food for thought. Wish we knew all of the story here.

and another thing - Who takes EIGHT HOURS to put up a treestand?!
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Perhaps a one armed man..Cory?

They spent eight hours on one stand? I'm surprised the deer came back! One would think they left a lot of scent around that area.

Is it common to share stands on that lease? If he didn't know where they were hunting, was there some way for him to know it was "the" stand? Was his name on the stand?

Not enough information here for me to decide that the guy was wrong.

Last season, I had a big main frame ten point with a drop tine in my hunting area. Had him under my stand, but no shot. A friend shot him during shotgun season. I was disappointed that I didn't get him, but I sure didn't blame the other guy for taking him. Not exactly the same situation, but my point is as long as another hunter has the right to be there, him getting the deer is just the way it goes. If they guy wanted the buck for his son, he shouldn't have advertised him, especially on land shared with others.