Stolen Cam ???

[NOCK NOCK]

Why is it that most every time on here you read of a “stolen” cam,  It’s always “way back in”/4+ miles from the road? And it’s always a hunter that did it(nobody else would be in this spot)

I run 8-15 a year and never had 1 stolen(yet) knock on wood. None of mine are that far in.  I do realize it will prolly happen eventually though.

1. There is Nowhere that others (hikers/non-hunters) won’t go
2. Cable locks are a must, critters can and WILL mess with the cams, including pack them off or chew them up to pieces.

[jrebel]

I had one stollen by a bear last week.  Chewed it up and spit it out.  Found it in pretty bad shape but it still worked.   Bungied it to another tree and will see what happens. 

I bet most cams that far in are taken by bears and not other people.  Just my thought.  If you are in bear country make sure it is super secured to the tree.  The factory straps won't cut it.  I use Paracord to wrap and tie them to trees. 

[Birdguy]

Bacon or pastries for breakfast the day you put them out does NOT help prevent the bears from taking them either! I always joke with my son after a good breakfast of bacon and French toast or pancakes it is time to go hang cams.  Some scent killer is a good bit of prevention whenever dealing with cams.

[CarbonHunter]

I always pull mine before shed season. Seems like a lot of cameras disappear in early spring.

[KopperBuck]

Pops just had one ripped off a tree and stomped into a crick during higher water. Water receded and he barely spotted it. Got pics of the guys too. So I guess they’re not always stolen... Idiots....

Private property and a ways from any public access points.


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[Timberstalker]

Pops just had one ripped off a tree and stomped into a crick during higher water. Water receded and he barely spotted it. Got pics of the guys too. So I guess they’re not always stolen... Idiots....

Private property and a ways from any public access points.


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Who does this?  Seriously?

[Skyvalhunter]

That's good to hear Nock Nock that you have been lucky and not had any stolen.

[Bango skank]

Pops just had one ripped off a tree and stomped into a crick during higher water. Water receded and he barely spotted it. Got pics of the guys too. So I guess they’re not always stolen... Idiots....

Private property and a ways from any public access points.


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Who does this?  Seriously?

Trespassers.  What kind of behavior do you expect from guys that will knowingly trespass?

[Timberstalker]

It’s unbelievable.

[trophyhunt]

One of my favorite threads is the one where the guys got caught trying to steal a members camera, they even got convicted of it, sweet justice!  Someday I hope to catch the person in the corral pass area that like to steal cameras, and I bet he's on here and local.  I've probably bumped into him on the trail.   

[huntnnw]

I dont bother locking them. My buddy has metal lock boxes on his and has had guys smash them and even take a ax to them. I have had a couple stolen over the years and I got 1 back,because I was running multiple cams and caught on cam forest service doing a burn. Called office and they had it

[NOCK NOCK]

I just don't get it.   
There's a reason cams are made/sold with plastic bodies/web strap......Customers will have to buy more when lost/stolen/animal broken,etc.
We all know there are a lot of thieves in this world, so why put a cam out there unsecured when you know that.....and then complain when it comes up missing.  if you didn't take every precaution available?

I just had 3 cams out for a week, 2 watching the cat kills I found, 1 watching the other 2 cams since they were both VERY visible from a popular road(10'off the road). Maybe I'm just lucky, Quite a few folks saw the 2 cams, luckily none took them, yet guys hanging theirs 4 miles in are getting them stolen right and left.

Cable locks can be removed without a key, but its not easy. I've had to get one of mine off after breaking a key off in it (not gonna say how I did it) then at home tried a bolt cutter on the remains, both took work.

I have had sooooo many elk and bears lick/paw/pull/bite cams in boxes, some even managed to twist them off target, had those not been in metal box and cabled...….I may very well have been in the "stolen" category.

[trophyhunt]

Yup, those cable locks are a joke, I had a guy take mine off with an old elk bone.  My cameras are secured by tough boxes and lag bolts, otherwise I’d have had lost them, too bad for me they stayed out of the camera view.

[RockChuck]

One of my favorite threads is the one where the guys got caught trying to steal a members camera, they even got convicted of it, sweet justice!  Someday I hope to catch the person in the corral pass area that like to steal cameras, and I bet he's on here and local.  I've probably bumped into him on the trail.   

Do you by chance have a link to that thread? I think I remember reading the beginning of that and would like to read through it to the end 

@trophyhunt

👆🏻Did I do that right??

[trophyhunt]

One of my favorite threads is the one where the guys got caught trying to steal a members camera, they even got convicted of it, sweet justice!  Someday I hope to catch the person in the corral pass area that like to steal cameras, and I bet he's on here and local.  I've probably bumped into him on the trail.   

Do you by chance have a link to that thread? I think I remember reading the beginning of that and would like to read through it to the end 

@trophyhunt

👆🏻Did I do that right??

i think it’s #trophyhunt, but I get it wrong most the time.  I’m not good at finding old threads but I’ll try. Mods are much better!  #jackelope or @jackelope