tneigel: Yeah, a lot of the markers on the initial part of the trek have been removed. Even my little detour was hard to find and mixed up with Hunter routes probabably to deer stands and such. The route to the cache, which took me awhile in teh dark with no markers, was indeed spooky. The route back was well marked. Took out all the markers I could that seemed related, without messing with hunter markers.
Thanks to all. The area is open again for someone else.