Alternative perspective on messing with others’ game cams

[CedarPants]

Another thought:

It's never wise to assume that because someone disagrees with you, or has an alternate perspective, that they're a bad person and/or raised by bad parents.  Public land use and laws are tricky and often vague (e.g. the abandoned property rules).  Shallowforks is not a bad person for wanting to discuss an interesting alternative viewpoint.

 

Thank you for pointing that out.

[boneaddict]

I think its a good discussion.

[cougforester]

The fact that the OP labeled this thread “alternative perspective on messing with other’s game cams” says all you need to know. That implies he/she knows it’s not right.

[grundy53]

Nobody in my hunting group feels that hanging a cam makes a spot "ours".  I think you are over-generalizing a bit there Magnum

Same here. They are for scouting. Not staking claim to an area.

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[CedarPants]

The fact that the OP labeled this thread “alternative perspective on messing with other’s game cams” says all you need to know. That implies he/she knows it’s not right.

The original thread he is referencing was titled "People messing with game cams".  I took it as he was merely stating 'here's an alternative perspective to the discussion in that thread that got locked that was called ......."

[shallowforks]

The fact that the OP labeled this thread “alternative perspective on messing with other’s game cams” says all you need to know. That implies he/she knows it’s not right.

The original thread he is referencing was titled "People messing with game cams".  I took it as he was merely stating 'here's an alternative perspective to the discussion in that thread that got locked that was called ......."

Yes, this is why i called the thread what i called it.

We come more and more into harmony and understanding with our world by widening our viewpoint or perspective not narrowing it. Since the time I widened my viewpoint on this specific topic I have never had another issue with game cameras. Im simply offering the same opportunity for everyone else.

[Oh Mah]

Fine!    Now that you have said that,EVERYONE ELSE as you put it has the idea.DON'T MESS WITH OTHERS PROPERTY.Now we accept you have your thought on this now will you allow EVERYONE ELSE to have theirs?All this thread is gonna do is cause more regulations on a common sense issue because some feel its not against the law so i'm ok to do it.


if you find a wallet and drivers license is in plain view as soon as it is opened,Is it ok to go thru the wallet or should you just return it to the address on the drivers license?Another common sense issue.

[pianoman9701]

I wholeheartedly disagree with the OP's premise. It is theft to take a game camera and people have been prosecuted for doing so. For it to be theft, it can't be considered abandoned. Because it's not considered abandoned, that makes it someone else's property. You don't touch someone else's property unless you're a thief or a posterior sphincter, or both. How is this even a debate? You're trolling the forum, I believe. Have at it!

[hunter399]

My 
If you can't afford to lose it ,don't leave on public land.

But I have had an sd card messed with before ,And it does feel crappy .Mine was that they where checking pics and deleted a few pics and would leave the rest with just doe pics .I think the temptations to delete any good pics is to great for anybody to be checking sd cards that's not there's.
 
Don't mess with it
Treat others how you wanna be treated.

[BreezyBear]

I'm still feeling the sting of having 2 cams cut off with a sawsall during archery elk in 328, if you really want to see what my camera is taking pics of, put your own damn camera too there instead of stealing!  No, I would not be thrilled to see another camera next to mine...…but it's public land, soooo

[CedarPants]

Now we accept you have your thought on this now will you allow EVERYONE ELSE to have theirs?

I feel like there are multiple examples of people expressing their thoughts in this thread that the OP has responded to saying he respects and/or understands their opinion?

To be clear, I stated in this thread earlier that I don't agree with both sides of the coin on this one.  I don't think it's ok to touch someone else's cam.  No reason though to come down on the guy or try to shut him up simply because he shared his thought process with everyone.

If he's trolling, he's the most polite troll I've come across in a while 

[Bob33]

I suspect everyone on here has done something worse than looking at images on someone’s game cam found on public property. I don’t know your parents, and I don’t know if they’re bad.

No one has advocated that theft of a game cam is acceptable behavior.

If you place a game cam on public property, you should do so knowing that some people consider it acceptable to view the images without your consent.

[Oh Mah]

shallowforks How the heck do you totally respect the opinion to not touch what is not yours then in the same sentence say that its not bad to do so?

could be worse doesn't cover the damages done in any scenario.if you have to open it (and you're not authorized to do so)then it has been broken into,that sir is the law.

[yakimanoob]

If he's trolling, he's the most polite troll I've come across in a while 

 

[Oh Mah]

If he's trolling, he's the most polite troll I've come across in a while 

 

with respect to you and everyone else on this forum that is exactly how the anti trolls work,get a heated discussion going all while maintaining the innocent one in the discussion and then boom start quoting violence laws and such.and still maintaining the moral high ground in the discussion and dividing the groups.