Would you check someone else’s trail cam?

[High Climber]

What if......
Someone hiked their wife in 5 miles and tied her to a tree.... 🤔

One of life's most perplexing questions....

Question is would you look, answer is yes 

[GWP]

No.

[Alan K]

For the purposes of giving a crap what's on a camera, no.

Being a forester I come across quite a few cameras when cruising and doing road/harvest boundary layout.  I find quite a few on old grades that are due to be reopened for harvest.  I usually hang a ribbon discretely on the camera that gives a rough timeline of when operations will begin.  Rarely make it back immediately before operations begin to see if they're still there or not but I like to think I save some folks the grief of a lost/destroyed camera.

If you see fresh flagging/tags in and around where your camera is, operations are usually fairly imminent and you should move it! No way the camera is making it to the landing in one piece!

If anyone's found one of the ribbons, be cool to know. Probably me and my yellow lab on it! 

[brokentrail]

Nope not touching it and I'd prefer people didn't touch mine, including stealing them 

[millerwheeler]

I can’t believe this is even a question. This is where we are ….. it’s not yours piss off and leave it alone

[NOCK NOCK]

I wouldn’t. It’s not mine so I leave it alone. I might pose for it, though.

   100%

X2, with the exception that I will DEFINITELY pose for it.

[2MANY]

I can’t believe this is even a question. This is where we are ….. it’s not yours piss off and leave it alone

Someone has a nack for starting these types of threads.

I think they should be outlawed.

[Ghost Hunter]

Nope, and please don't.  Have had one stolen on my property.  Maybe it took their picture trespassing.  But since trespassing it is just another step in no respect.  Finding a camera on public ground wouldn't deter me from hunting in the area.

[callturner]

Absolutely NOT! And what would you do if you caught somebody checking yours?

[millerwheeler]

This thread is pathetic, should be ashamed to even ask the question. Ridiculous almost pisses me off this is what I logged back into the forum for

[NOCK NOCK]

What if......
Someone hiked their wife in 5 miles and tied her to a tree.... 🤔

One of life's most perplexing questions....

From experience I'd answer this...................If it wasn't a family friendly forum.        Hmmm, gonna have to try this next time we find a cam. 

[highcountry_hunter]

One time I had some dirtbag check one of my cameras…and then he sent me a picture of an ear tagged bull moose, off of my own camera mind you, and then ask me if the camera was mine!


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[TimberMuleys]

One time I had some dirtbag check one of my cameras…and then he sent me a picture of an ear tagged bull moose, off of my own camera mind you, and then ask me if the camera was mine!


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Wow. I bet he told you all about that moose and it’s 65+ mile journey too. Probably offered you to hunt the 190” deer he found too. Sounds like a giant piece of crap!


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[TimberMuleys]

Just curious what everyone’s opinion is on this:

You come across a trail camera in an area you hunt. Are you willing to check it? Nothing more, just open the camera, check the card on your phone, and put it right back. Not deleting pictures or messing with camera, just checking the card. (This is also assuming the camera does not have a lock box you would have to mess with. )

And if you knew someone had checked your camera, like stated, would you be frustrated?

I personally have checked cameras before, and personally don’t care if people check mine as long as they don’t mess with anything else. I’m just curious if that is how many other people feel as well?


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I’m pretty encouraged by the amount of hunters who have the mindset of “don’t touch what isn’t yours”. That is the mindset I have had for years. Starting to wonder if it’s just one guy ruining it for everyone or if the community on here is a more respectful crowd than what you may find out in the woods. I was being honest when I have said that many cameras of mine and peoples I know have been checked and messed with many times. I thought if “admitted” to checking others cameras, others would admit it too and we would actually see a more accurate number of who was willing to open others cameras. I just might have left out the fact that I knew the people who’s cam I checked…

Pretty sad to have people already making assumptions on if I actually found my buck on someone else’s cam or if I deleted pictures off of someone else’s so they wouldn’t try to target the buck I shot. Ignorant responses like that are why many don’t post on here.


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[jasnt]

You can’t start a thread like this, then get upset when someone posts a knee jerk reaction to it. 
This should have been a poll