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This sounds like littering to me...

It's your cache. I think you can make the puzzle as hard as you like. Not everyone will get it. Not everyone can hike to all caches either. Is a mental challenge that blocks some people out any more unfair than a physical challenge? I think everyone has the right to try for it. That's different from making it so that everyone can find it. Anyway, you could give it more stars for the difficulty - that seems like fair warning to me!

We have a local cacher here named Jetskier who somehow manages to find lots of puzzle caches without solving the puzzles. Many of the posted coordinates are quite a distance away from the actual cache location, but he still manages to find them. He must have a crystal ball or something. It's so common, the locals call it 'being Jetskiered', when he finds the cache without solving the puzzle. Someone around here even has a bookmark they place on caches he has done this way. The bookmark is "You've been Jetskiered". My cache is a puzzle. I'm not sure how anyone else feels, but I don't think I would like to be "jetskiered". After all, I went through alot of trouble to create a puzzle rather than a traditional one. On the other hand, though, if he enjoyed himself finding the cache that way... Well, that's the whole point, isn't it? To have fun!

I agree. Post a DNF. If alot of people post DNFs for the same cache, then I know that if I, as a cacher, can't find it, its probably not me. Well, ok. It probably IS me, but it is less likely. Furthermore, as Starbrand noted, this lets the cache owner that something may be wrong so (s)he can check up on it. If a cache hasn't been logged in awhile, there is no way to know the reason - is it missing, uninteresting or it just hasn't been solved (in the case of a puzzle). I assume you know this, but you might also try to widen your search perimeter. I have found caches up to 80 feet from where my GPS was telling me to go. Don't worry - this is not a common occurrence. 20 feet, however, is not unusual, depending on the circumstances. I have had people email me for hints on mine. I try to help without helping (if ya know what I mean). I think cache owners do want people to find it (otherwise why hide one?). Good luck.