Who Steals Trail Cams?

[Duckhunter14]

What kind of a POS steals another hunters trail cams? Man I am fired up right now. I have a cam out in the woods behind my office in Bellingham, on private property. I have been having some bucks coming in and have enjoyed checking the cam and seeing the pictures. Went to check it after a long weekend off and somebody took it! If you have ever done this you are a worthless low life. Buy your own stuff! I know they just didn't want their face on the cam, but here's an idea don't trespass on private property and you wont have to worry about that. Rant over. I know I'm not the first or the last to have this happen to. I just don't understand the people in the world today. 

[Hunting7mm]

Sorry to hear about your theft.  My family just bought twenty acres on the river and I have six cameras set up.  Got lots of pictures of deer and elk but then again I have a pic of a hunter walking through and several fisherman on my cams.  I'm just wondering when one of my cameras are going to disappear.  I have one overly priced spypoint and the rest are Moultrie A5's.  I figure if I loose a Moultrie it's only a little over $50 bucks plus the $10 sd card so I'm not out much.

[Bean Counter]

No security measures? I can see a higher level of comfort with it being on private property, but I'm paranoid enough that I would still lock it down 

[coachcw]

some people just think what ever isn't tied down is there's to keep . good luck in catching the lil twerp

[trophyhunt]

You said it already, they are a POS!  I put my camera in a bear box and lag bolt it from the inside to a tree.  Sometimes even when you do take measures they get stolen anyway, like my cousins last year in the back country about a mile from a trail.  We had a lock on his and they just broke the plastic and left the lock and cable on the tree.  You just hope to catch them someday stealing your stuff! You will find some people on this site think it's ok if your stuff gets stolen because it's on public property, fricking crazy way to look at it???  Being that yours was on private land, I'd get more cameras up and I'd put them in bear boxes.  You will end up with pic's, but you just won't know who really stole your last one..

[JimmyHoffa]

there was a member here (Jingles?) that caught Forest Circus out stealing trail cams on his property.

[3nails]

 I've had cages and cams out in high use areas that never get messed with. Day hikers and the like will pose for the cam or just look at it when they go by. When I set my stuff in more remote areas it gets messed with or stolen. I truly hate to say it but I think we have a higher rate of thieving low-lifes in our group (outdoorsmen) than the general public.

[Bean Counter]

there was a member here (Jingles?) that caught Forest Circus out stealing trail cams on his property.

  "Forest Circus" is a member on here?

I guess it wouldn't surprise me. If I recall correct a few members on here have screwed other members over on things like gas money and still have the nerve to show their mug. ----------- (edit: get my facts straight  ) ??

[netcoyote]

I always use a steel cable and lock to secure my cams and still had one stolen. B**tards really had to reef on it to break the plastic tabs off from the cable and probably ruined the case in the process. Pieces of plastic case were laying all around the tree. Takes a special kind of moron to go to that effort. I think I may have encountered the perp shortly after I found the cam missing but there was no way to prove anything. His demeanor and lack of eye contact told me all I needed to know.
I really hope it doesn't get to the point of having to bolt these into trees. Once that starts, the tree-huggers will start demanding prohibition of cams.

[Bean Counter]

I really hope it doesn't get to the point of having to bolt these into trees. Once that starts, the tree-huggers will start demanding prohibition of cams.

I once knew this college kid who would blast young saplings with bird shot. 

[Rainier10]

I feel for you, nothing is sacred even on private property.  I have had a guy shoot and wound a deer on my place on camera, he cleared the photos on the camera he found trying to cover his tracks but didn't see the other camera that also captured a photo of him.  At least he left the camera there and just cleared the photos.

I have had others steal deer and elk sheds that I leave out for my kids to find.  I have my place clearly posted but some people just don't care if it is posted or not they think it is there right to go were they want and take what they want.

Hopefully next year is better for you.

[Jingles]

Yes I had one stolen by a forest circus employee BUT the LEO's said that unless I have a Picture of him actually stealing the camera it is just circumstantial,  even if he was the only person that visited the claim from the time the camera was put up until I found it missing. The real pizzer was the camera was better than 16 feet up in the tree...and the FS employee did have a ladder in th back of his truck......So I feel for you in your loss.  Yes I still want to booby trap some cameras with dye packs and/or flash bangs and hope the stealing bas*rd falls off the ladder and breaks his neck.

[Dan-o]

I feel your pain.

I've had two stolen off private property.

Makes me want to kick them right in the..............   SD ram card!

[billythekidrock]

I feel for you, nothing is sacred even on private property.  I have had a guy shoot and wound a deer on my place on camera, he cleared the photos on the camera he found trying to cover his tracks but didn't see the other camera that also captured a photo of him.  At least he left the camera there and just cleared the photos.

I have had others steal deer and elk sheds that I leave out for my kids to find.  I have my place clearly posted but some people just don't care if it is posted or not they think it is there right to go were they want and take what they want.

Hopefully next year is better for you.

and those "cleared" photos are probably recoverable with cheap software.

[trophyhunt]

I've had cages and cams out in high use areas that never get messed with. Day hikers and the like will pose for the cam or just look at it when they go by. When I set my stuff in more remote areas it gets messed with or stolen. I truly hate to say it but I think we have a higher rate of thieving low-lifes in our group (outdoorsmen) than the general public.

I hate to say it but I also believe it's fellow hunters stealing the camera's for the most part!