That's a real shame! All the caches were on footpaths
When you say you had a good relationship with them, had you spoken to them before?
Do you know if they manage any land over near the WW series?
But that is sad, especially as I never completed the entire series and it was a CacheWalker event walk
There are two that have drifted due to changes at their original location but the bit about high powered rifles I think was a bit of a smoke screen, as the max. distance off the path is about 50ft.
I spoke to people out on the land, not sure if they were anyone important but they were there on 'official' business.
This was my first series like this and soon found trying to find who owned what and talk to someone wasn't easy. The biggest problem was trying to approach someone in a way, that they wouldn't just say "no" as it was just easier.