Anyone Know This Guy ?

[Wayne1]

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/spo/4367884955.html

[jordanramos_79]

Sorry to hear about your trailcam. I hate thieves, talk about scum. Good luck on finding out who the guy is.

[duckmen1]

Sorry to here that but how did you get pictures from the camera you lost. I know you said you had a second but these pics were taken from the camera the guy went up to.
Just curious.
Wish I did know who he was though. I would turn him in in a heart beat.

[Hunter Dug]

Turn him in for what the camera is located on public land.

[TheHunt]

I have a feeling this is going to get good. 

[Widgeondeke]

Bummer deal.
tag to follow

[boneaddict]

Guess he didn't like his pic being taken.   Sorry you lost your camera.  Respect is the best word, or in this case lack of respect. 

[bobcat]

The guy who started this thread is not the guy who lost the camera.

And, you would be turning him in for theft. When you park your car on a public street is it okay for someone to steal it?

[Curly]

Turn him in for what the camera is located on public land.

For what? 

For theft.   

What if you are hunting public land and you use a mountain bike to get a ways back in behind a gate.  Then you lock up your bike to a tree.  Is it then fair game for someone to steal said bike just because it is on public land?  Same thing.

[Curly]

BTW - if anyone watches the TV show "Ax Men", doesn't the suspect look like Swilly? 

[Special T]

Reminds me of a sign that was posted at a farmers "Honor" stand for corn... It was for his kids sports team or something... The Sign said" $300 for the name number, and address for the person who stole  from this stand, and i won't be contacting the police!"

[Swiftkid]

If the trail camera companies were smart they would make these units password protected so no matter who ends up with the unit they couldn't use it. Maybe as a paper weight they could but thats it...

People need to realize though as soon as things are left in places where others can access them, they are no longer safe. Private, Public or Reservation Land is fare game when there is no one around...this is proof. This is 2014 not 1940, people don't have morals anymore and most lack ethics. If you are not thinking worse case scenario then you are doing your self an injustice and unless your IQ is below the average you should be ashamed to think anything less.

[Easy-E]

So at what point in time is something considered abandoned when found in a public place?

I get the car and bike parking thing. Someone's coming back for it in the very near future. I guess one could suppose that if it's locked up someone's coming back for it. But even unlocked, it's still someone's property. Is it an issue of whether or not it's secured?

How is it different from collecting a bucketful of lures out of the rocks at the recent low water at Wanapum dam? Is it an issue of abandonment?

Is picking up someone' trash at a trailhead make you into thief? After all, it doesn't belong to you so maybe we should leave it for the owner of the trash to come and pick it up? Is it an issue of value?

Maybe this person thought he was doing the public a service by removing the camera. It was after all taking pictures of an unsuspecting public without their consent, and no indication of what those pictures would be used for. Is it an issue of privacy?

So many questions! Where is the line drawn?

[Curly]

Apparently common sense isn't common anymore.  Obviously if someone sets up a trailcam, he is going to come back and check the card or remove the cam to place it somewhere else. 

Trash is obviously what it is, and lures lost in the rocks are obviously not owned by the original owner anymore.

[bullcanyon]

Holy smokes! Is this guy for real?  You consider a trail cam on a tree abandoned? You are obviously living on a different planet than the rest of us.  Comparing it to finding lost lures on the bottom of a body of water to ripping a bolted box containing a trail camera off of a tree? There is no comparison.  It's stealing period!