First trail camera messed with

[tritt007]

So a couple weeks ago approx , I went to check a bait site and found no photos on a 64gb SD card figured must be to big so I put a 16gb in it . Yesterday I went to check it and found the camera turned completely around to the other side of the tree and the photos deleted . I have had a camera in this spot for a few years now it's really irritating . This is one of my backup spots for when I'm not out hunting out at the coast . I mean great you didn't steal my camera but don't mess with people's stuff . I like to hope this individual is not a member on here (if you are please feel free to on me and we can sort this out ) . Anyways , what would you guys do ? This is a piece of national Forest in SW WA , would it be bad of me to post the coordinates to this area and photos and directions if I decided I'm done hunting it now ? Any advice would be great lol
 

[fishngamereaper]

Second cam high up watching ur current cam.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Maybe hide another camera if you have one, watching the one being messed with and see if you can get a picture/video of the person doing it. 

I would love nothing better than being able to post someone's picture messing with it, especially if the picture or video is good enough to identify them.

With the anount of people who are on some form of social media, good chance either that person will see it or someone who knows them will, a little public shaming can go a long way.

[tritt007]

I suppose I could put another one up , not sure if it's against the law to tamper with someone's camera like that  but with all the trail camera theft and what not  if possible I would probably take it to the sheriff's . I suspect they found it because a took a route one day infront of there camera and I didn't notice it so they went and found mine , whatever it's public land I don't care if someone else hunts there , but tampering with my stuff is really frustrating .

[Axle]

Or just move the camera a little ways away 
Better that it didn't get stolen for sure!

[2MANY]

Obviously a flat brimmer done it.

Old guys are too busy looking for game to spot techno gear.

[lamrith]

Due to fear of theft the few cams I have put out in the past have been mounted up high.  higher than can be reached without some sort of climbing gear.  I just take a few screw in steps with me when scouting/putting cams out.  I also use screw in cam mounts so they can be placed at an angle facing where I want them.  Up out of sight and out of mind for 2 legged and 4 legged game.

[Milkman]

Second cam high up watching ur current cam.

[Skyvalhunter]

A bear

[tritt007]

I have a hard time believing a bear deleted the sd card twice but who knows now a days lol

[Bango skank]

64 gig card was likely an issue.  Most cams will only take up to a 32gig.  An exception is the stealth cam ds4k, they take up to 512 gig.

[NOCK NOCK]

 

Are you sure the cam is working properly?
elk and bears will molest cameras 

[tritt007]

It was working flawlessly until I put the 64 gb micro in an adapter in it , than I got no photos , so I put a regular 16gb in it , and I went to check it and there was no frontal photos at all and the camera was on the other side of the small tree it was on .

[NOCK NOCK]

No frontal photos you say.....were there pics from the other direction?  If so, very good chance a critter spun it without getting its pic taken.
I just checked a cam, had 8 different elk lick, sniff, bite, chew on the cam. One so much that he chewed off 4" of the plastic coating on the cable lock.

[Fastass350]

Obviously a flat brimmer done it.

Old guys are too busy looking for game to spot techno gear.

Flat brimmer. I love it 

[coachcw]

That sucks , I had a guy pull a sd card out of a camera last week , it was a pretty remote spot but the game trails going into it are beat up . i'm sure it was a bear hunter that happened along it . btw there where two big bulls on it when i walked in 

[buglebrush]

Due to fear of theft the few cams I have put out in the past have been mounted up high.  higher than can be reached without some sort of climbing gear.  I just take a few screw in steps with me when scouting/putting cams out.  I also use screw in cam mounts so they can be placed at an angle facing where I want them.  Up out of sight and out of mind for 2 legged and 4 legged game.

 . The only way I hang mine too.  Way high.  Haven't had an issue since. 

[Buckhunter82]

Due to fear of theft the few cams I have put out in the past have been mounted up high.  higher than can be reached without some sort of climbing gear.  I just take a few screw in steps with me when scouting/putting cams out.  I also use screw in cam mounts so they can be placed at an angle facing where I want them.  Up out of sight and out of mind for 2 legged and 4 legged game.

I used those same screw in mounts and screw in steps to get the camera up high. My goal was to avoid thieves and bears, although I have only had issues with bears when mounted down low. Made the 4 hour hike 6 months later just to find the cam which was almost 20 feet high had been tilted downward. Pics showed a bear was responsible and found the cam less than 24 hours after I hung it. Won't use anything other than steel boxes and lag bolts now if it's going to be a long soak and hike. Probably would have been less angry if the camera was stolen and I didn't know the camera was upside down looking at the tree it was mounted to for the entire spring and summer. Could probably rig up a secure way to angle the metal boxes but haven't tried yet.

[huntnnw]

sounds like a animal turned the cam around tree. I have had elk do that to several. I now screw them down.