Another "messed with my cams" thread

[Pete112288]

So years ago before I learned better about placement and everything, I had 3 cams stolen. Since then I get more off the beaten path and tend to pull cams off of public ground by late Sept.
Well this year my main bear area I had cams out and since the beginning of August life has kept me from getting back out there. Went out this morning to finally retrieve them and my treestand I had stashed and locked up near by as well.
As I walked up to the tree I saw the cams were not there. But before I wrote it off as a thief I wanted to look around as I have had bears in the area drag them off before.
I had 2 cams on the same huge tree pointed different directions. Both were shoved in a hole behind the tree. The memory cards were taken and they literally took a crap on top of my cams. It had rained a lot since and there was crap slimed into every crevice on the cameras. Judging by the crap, I would say this happened during the early deer muzzy season.
Seriously man. I had lots of stuff I wanted to say, and even thought about posing up the area and details on how to get there and hunt it and everything so whoever did this would have to deal with an area filled with people, cause its a great bear place. But for the sake of any decent hunters in there, I cooled down and decided against that.
Also, there is a dirt bike trail leading to the area. Yes, the dirtbikes are prohibited in the area, and I dont condone them. But what else I found could have seriously hurt or killed somone. They took a 1'X2' piece of plywood, filled it with 16 penny nails every 3 inches or so like a grid and put it down on the trail under an alder and hid it under the alder leaves with the nails pointed upwards. I almost ended up with holes in my new boots and my feet 2 miles away from the nearest vehicle. And at every sharp corner in the trail they cut and piled a ton of branches and such where you wouldnt see it coming till it was too late.
Then at the end of the trail entering the clearcut they posted a no tresspassing sign. It is most clearly state land. I didnt see the sign on the way in when it was dark. I have hunted this area for a few years and I know its state. When I saw it on my way out I double checked again with DNR, the County GIS, etc. And everything confirms, its state land......
I am still steaming from how fuming I was this morning.
I will say as a word of warning to others since the general area is far from a secret. This was near Larch Mountain in SW Wa pretty close to the Battleground and Washougal unit boarder

[nwwanderer]

Boat load of crazy, be careful out there

[Skyvalhunter]

Well I would say the brush and nails was intended for the motorcycles. My guess is whoever did those messed with your cam. So you cams weren't in a security box and lag bolted to the tree?. Have you tried to elevate your cams by using your tree stand to put them higher up? (assuming you tree stand is the climbing type) Someone obviously thinks they own the place.

[NOCK NOCK]

This all sounds like the work of a bunny/tree hugger type to me. Someone does not anyone hunting or riding motorcycles in there.  Years ago in a small area we used to hunt, a guy pounded rebar stakes into the 2 track road every so often to deter others. Lost 3 tires before we figured it out.

I do have to say though, your comment "judging by the crap" (guessing its age) made me LOL. Sounds exactly like what I'd look at/say. 

Sorry that all happened for you. 

[Fl0und3rz]

Boat load of crazy, be careful out there

Sorry you had to experience that.

[Widgeondeke]

That's pretty crappy of them 

The brush and nails could have seriously injured someone. Glad you found them before a biker

[Smokeploe]

I am sorry you had to go thru this.  You should of taken pictures of what happened to your stuff and pictures of the booby trap stuff.  Then you should have called the sheriff and the game wardens.  These clowns have broken both state and federal laws, only misdemeanors, except the boards with nails that is premeditated.  This could have resulted in maiming and even death of someone. These people who do this need to be prosecuted and jailed.  I have had people trail and harass me in the Serria mountains in calif..  We stopped to look at something and they ran into the back of out truck and busted their radiator, they were following us and blowing air horns and the car horn.  We left them there and finished our trip and on the way out about 6:30 pm dark we found both a game warden and sheriff and told them what happened.  We told them where to find them,  they got towed out the next day and all were arrested and jailed for hunter harassment,  6 months jail time.

Smokeploe

[OutHouse]

Sorry that happened to you. Personally, I think the vast majority of these incidents are done by fellow hunters. Too much competition for space and decreasing opportunity.

[JimmyHoffa]

Could contact DNR enforcement too.

[Ghost Hunter]

Sorry that happened to you. Personally, I think the vast majority of these incidents are done by fellow hunters. Too much competition for space and decreasing opportunity.

Not a fellowship I want be associated with.     Lowlife actions on all counts.   

[DOsborn]

Sorry that this happened to you, or anyone for that matter, glad you were not hurt. This persons actions are sick, and dangerous. This person should be held accountable, not sure how that could happen with no proof of the person responsible, I guess the best we can hope for is karma.
 
 I had someone use I think vise grips to break my bear box open, checked the camera for pictures, put everything back and set the lock on top of bear box with a note written on top with a sharpie that read nothin good. I am glad he did not steal the camera, but did feel a bit violated.  Same day, same area, different camera caught a guy that seemed to pull on the camera then left it alone. I have a good picture and video of the young man and been keeping my eye out for him.