Help with locating Whatcom County Thief (Updated)

[6x6in6]

there is a bunch of lifted dodges up here. Get any pics of it? I have some very good diesel connections..

also, do you see it in any of the lynden truck galleries here?

http://www.facebook.com/#!/NWTruckPulls/photos_albums

I'd venture to guess that you and I now a lot of the same people who are regular pullers at Bertheson and Moses Lake, some of which are tuned at a certain diesel shop on the outskirts of NE Bellingham.....

I know your right 

When I'm across the street getting my morning latte, I have been known to call the short guy behind the front desk and poke fun at him about being displaced during the remodel.  I laugh, he whines!

[Chesapeake]

A suggestion for trail cam users.

Take in with you some ladder sticks and place your trail cameras in the trees cable locked and 10 foot high or so.

This seems to greatly reduce or eliminate theft. I think most folks dont ever see them cause they are up out of the normal line of sight. And while alot of folks carry multi-tools that could be used to cut cables, few carry a ladder. Dont place them over bait, its too obvious.

Would be nice if folks just left stuff alone though and you didnt have to lock stuff up.

I've considered the same thing but never tried it.  How well does this work, and how do you ensure you angle it properly everytime?  It seems like it would eliminate line-of-sight quite a bit.  I suppose I'd rather have less pics than a stolen cam though.

My buddy makes mounts that are just a piece of all thread that threads into the tripod screw adapter in the bottom of some cameras/bear boxes smashed/soldered into a length of copper tubing thats flattened and has a few holes drilled for screws. Take your cameras, cable locks, bear boxes (if you have), a cordless drill, and some sheetrock screws. You screw the tubeing mount into the base of the camera, climb the tree and screw the tubing to the tree with sheetrock screws. Then you can easily bend and twist the copper tube to aim the camera. Lock it up, then climb down and do your walk test. Climb back up and turn it on. Then take your ladder sticks and go.

Never seems to be an issue aiming the camera or getting pics.
 

[robescc]

Look, I don't want anyone to take what I said wrong. I don't condone what happened. I just think that people shouldn't get all pissed off if someone leaves a camera on public land and it isn't there when they go to retrieve it. If someone does take it, how can it be proven they stole it? They could say it was abandoned. There is no way there could be theft charges brought against them.
As far as the ethics of not hunting someone else's blind, first come first serve on public land. Yes it sucks but that is how it is.

[B-Nut]

There is absolutely no reason to ever touch someone else's trail cam. Zero. 

 

[JohnVH]

I just think that people shouldn't get all pissed off if someone leaves a camera on public land and it isn't there when they go to retrieve it. If someone does take it, how can it be proven they stole it?

Wow. Really? You sound like a thief. It's a fricken game camera, if you take it home with you it wouldn't work. Would it?

[robescc]

First off I am not a thief and if you check some of my past posts, you would know what I did to get all my tools back that got stolen. I have never stolen anything in my life and never will. I just wouldn't leave a trail cam on public land unless it was cabled 10ft up in a tree. I would expect that someone would steel it if left in a visible location and not cabled to a tree. How dare you call me a thief sir.

[JohnVH]

These same game cam stealing people probably voted for the obamanation. That's the problem with the world today. It's easier to steal from others than earn it for yourself.

[robescc]

I agree with you. You shouldn't assume someone is a thief and call them that.  I hate thieves but it keeps getting worse and worse. I guess I have grown to not trust anyone. Hence, I will not leave my cameras on public land.

[JohnVH]

I don't have any game cams. If I did I would definitely be putting them out of reach. Too many hippies and thieves out there.

[scoyoc5]

Then what's the point of a game cam? Strap it to a tree and back off 50 yards and sit and watch it all day  I don't think so..

[go4itlab]

Update, no camera but did talk to a guy that was pointed out, invited him over to the house and he showed up. I don't think it was him. He would have to have balls the size of water melons to have shown up if he had taken it, especially when I was waiting out front for him and I am not a little man. He stood there talked to me about the property, turns out he knows the owner, he did take the 4x it looked bigger dead than it did on my trail camera. So as far I am concerned we are good. Lesson learned don't put up trail camera with out it being bolted down or my friend who works for USDA as a wildlife officer said he would give me federal tag to put on my cameras that they use on theres making it a felony to mess with...... He was joking........

[Whitpirate]

Unattended blinds are available to the public on a “first-come first-serve” basis. These rules were designed to provide an equal opportunity for all users.

2012 Regs. p. 88.

That said, I probably would not use another's blind or stand, unless it was in an area that I wanted to place a blind or stand.  Instead, I would probably just hunt another area, or put up my own blind or stand.  But the requirements are clear.  You cannot "call" an area by setting a blind or stand, then leaving it unattended.

Sorry about your trail camera, that behavior should be punishable by more than what currently applies.

This has to do with permanent blinds set up by the state or by organizations like DU. This isn't referring to privately owned blinds, although it could be interpreted that way.

True... But you can't leave a set of dekes out all night why would it be ok to leave a ground blind.  Hell technically if we get down to it leaving the blind is littering.

[go4itlab]

Update got the trail camera back  , Thanks to all the Whatcom County Guys that helped with tracking it down!!!!! I'm hoping the guy that stole it thinks twice now about taking something that doesn't belong to him.

[scoyoc5]

great to hear! glad old sticky fingers got called out 

[BOWHUNTER45]

how did you get it back ? did he show up with it or did someone else ?