There is a very large difference between advocating an off season stand removal and the various forms of sabotage, pretty much all of which are illegal due to hunter harassment or animal carcass disposal laws etc. It's relatively annoying to keep drawing that distinction. Finding a stand in July on public is the same as finding a beer can or a bottle during season.
To be very clear: during season, I am not touching anyone's stuff, though legally/morally/ethically I could, I just don't want to risk a confrontation with a nonethical person if they "catch me" and have an issue with it. There is no way a stand with rotting straps that's up in July is anything other than an abandoned, likely worthless stand.
But in reality we've also gotten WAY off topic, the original question was do you look at photos on people's cameras. I haven't done that either yet, mainly because I never have a card reader on me. Ethically I don't believe I am taking anything from anyone by looking at a photo. Camera is still there, photo is too, I didn't take anything. Touched, interacted with for sure but that's not illegal/unethical in my opinion. I apply the same ethics when I visit a museum or walk down the street, if my eyes can see it it's not theft. Touching someone's garbage (in the form of an "abandoned" camera) in order to see the digital images within furthermore doesn't constitute theft to me. That's the act in question here, when does looking at photos on a device abandoned on public land become unethical, or why do so many of you over-extend your own ethics to protect the unethical hunter?
Let's take me as that unethical hunter- I run two cameras, they've been out for months. Let's assume for this argument that they are on public land. I know I'm not supposed to leave stuff in the woods overnight, but choose to anyway, that's not an ethical decision. Why do I deserve your ethics to steer clear of my garbage? (I believe this is the point
@HuumanCreed is trying to make, just stronger/in a different way that's ruffling some feathers).
Are all of you going to tell me you close your eyes when you see a wma name or unit number mentioned? Or that you look away when you think you recognize landmarks in a photo online? Give me a break, it's a camera left sitting in the woods illegally. If I found a camera in a bar, I'd give it to the bartender. Odds are the very first thing they do? Look at the photos to try to see if they can identify a customer.
The rambling has begun, that's enough for now