My first homebrew camera stolen

[Craig]

I went out today to check my cameras and one was gone. Man am I pissed. I made about a 50 yard circle around the tree looking for the thing incase a animal knocked it off or something. I have not seen and bears out and no sign of them yet so I don't think a bear took it. There have been some raccoons hanging around the camera but they never messed with it before. If it was a raccoon I think they would have just knocked it off and left it there.

The area is hard to get to and have never seen anyone back there. You pretty much need to go through private property to get to it. It's in the Olympia area.On the east side of Capital Forest. If anyone sees a person with it just gut shoot them and take the camera back.

It's a w80 in a green case.

[gasman]

Thats sucks 

[bigdave]

sorry to hear that. Did you put your mark on it anywhere? (Don't tell me where........... just did you mark it)

[div4gold`]

That's enough to make you want to strangle someone.  Might be pot growers out checking for a grow site.

[Timber]

You might want to search the area a little harder. A few years ago I thought one of my trail cameras had been stolen too. Like you, I searched around the immediate area and didn't find anything. A few months later, a friend of mine found it about 200yds away, full of dirt and with some tooth punctures through the case. Obviously a bear had gotten a hold of it and had a good time with it.

[Slider]

That Bites!!! It look like you did a nice job on it.

[Craig]

I'm going to go back in a couple days and look some more.

[Ridgerunner]

that sucks man, it was a cool camera.

[bow4elk]

Did you have it cable locked to a big tree?  You have to take this precaution every time.  People will be less likely to cut a big tree down and cable locks aren't easy to cut.  Also, check them weekly and move them from time to time to prevent return thieves.  Sorry to hear this...there's nothing more irritating that somebody stealing your stuff!! 

[Ridgeratt]

Craig shame about your loss! I have taken the yeticam dip switch setting's out of my cameras so if by some chance one of my cameras is relocated with out my help there is no info on how they work!! Bobr that started us on all of these had mentioned he chose not to put out camera's this time of year due to the fact that the woods are full of shed hunter's and Mushroom picker's. Also a sharpie covers up the name data on the board so you can't do a search and find the info. With that info gone a lot of people just by nature will mess with the dip switches and forget how they go back. Depending on what they set then the camera can become less than effective. Last weekend I set my cameras up in my pasture and did some more field testing. The neighbor who lives across the road from me called and wanted to know what I had going on over there. ( Asked if I was running a house of bad ladies) due to the flashing red lights. Seems the camera taking photos at nite the Ir lens sensor powers up and send s a red light that can be seen for at least 250 yards that about what the distance is to his comfy chair from the gate post I had the camera mounted on. The nite before I had several rigs stop on the road after dark and I was wondering why. thought they had seen the flash and that maybe also but I also think the red IR gave them away.

[BK Dave]

I just had mine ripped off as well (moultrie 5.0) I looked dilagently for about 3hours, and it paid off!! a black bear had carried it quite a ways through the woods!!
I hope you find yours, keep us posted!!