Stolen Trail Cam

[PolarBear]

I have a friend that labels his "WDFW camera # ...... serial # ...... GPS tracking #......

Says he hasn't lost one yet, and has TONS of photos of curious people looking at his cameras.

Might be worth a try 

My buddy had WDFW stickers and warnings oh is cameras as well, they seem to work so far.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 I believe the flash gives them away more than anything. Any passerby on a road within 1/2 mile of a camera could see a flash in low-light. It sounds tedious, but point your flash opposite the nearest roads/ trails if possible.

[huntnnw]

I have put stickers on my cams saying equiped with gps also. I hope you got the other cams on the road lol

[sticky]

You know it is just bad karma to jack someone's stuff like that.  I would be afraid that a bear would eat me after checking the camera I ripped off or I would do a half-gainer from a pilfered tree stand and end up blowing into a straw to get around for the rest of my life.

Payback's a bitch.  And it doesn't always come directly from the one who was ripped off.

[grousetracker]

heres what i do, put two up. 1 high and one low.buy those camera holders that you can agle the camera down from about 15ft up and turn off the flash. if they take your low cam they never see the high one and you have photos of them, had one cam stolen and he was arrested 2 days later. some people are scum. i had 4 stands taken off private property and have photo of him, but no one knows him.

[sakoshooter]

I have a friend that labels his "WDFW camera # ...... serial # ...... GPS tracking #......

Says he hasn't lost one yet, and has TONS of photos of curious people looking at his cameras.

Might be worth a try 

That sounds like a good idea.

[Skyvalhunter]

Where do you get these stickers at then?

[bow4elk]

I had two stolen in one day and one expensive one last year, during the season.  All cabled and well-hidden.  "Hunters" are stealing them.  Or should I say a$$holes with hunting licenses are stealing them.  Better hope I don't catch them in the act.  I've got over $500 worth of bitterness and anger to unload

[TheHunt]

I have been reading this thread trying to think of the possible reasons that camera's are been messed with.  The cameras are unusable because of the password.  So why take them?  The only reason that I can consider is they have hunted that area for years worked it the old school way of finding out what is there and here comes the game camera to find out in two weeks. 

I think hunters are taking them to make you work for the information.  What else would there be? 

BTW, I am trying to use logic.  Since hunters overall are men (sorry ladies) and I am a man, I am assuming I could use logic for why camera's are being messed with.

[bow4elk]

I have been reading this thread trying to think of the possible reasons that camera's are been messed with.  The cameras are unusable because of the password.  So why take them?  The only reason that I can consider is they have hunted that area for years worked it the old school way of finding out what is there and here comes the game camera to find out in two weeks. 

I think hunters are taking them to make you work for the information.  What else would there be? 

BTW, I am trying to use logic.  Since hunters overall are men (sorry ladies) and I am a man, I am assuming I could use logic for why camera's are being messed with.

No, they aren't password protected.  Some may have passwords, but many don't.  My homebrew cams are not easy to figure out but you'd figure it out over time.  I think that people are stealing them simply because they can, and there are more and more cameras in the woods.  You can pretty much go "cam hunting" just as you go "shed hunting".  IF you sell them on ebya or otherwise, you can make some good money with them.  There are CROOKS in every circle and hunting is not exempt.

[woodman]

I have been reading this thread trying to think of the possible reasons that camera's are been messed with.  The cameras are unusable because of the password.  So why take them?  The only reason that I can consider is they have hunted that area for years worked it the old school way of finding out what is there and here comes the game camera to find out in two weeks. 

I think hunters are taking them to make you work for the information.  What else would there be? 

BTW, I am trying to use logic.  Since hunters overall are men (sorry ladies) and I am a man, I am assuming I could use logic for why camera's are being messed with.

Using my logic, I think that they are scum bags that feel they can get something for free that someone else worked hard for.

[mack2255]

and people wonder why!!!!!1

[ICEMAN]

I have been reading this thread trying to think of the possible reasons that camera's are been messed with.  The cameras are unusable because of the password.  So why take them?  The only reason that I can consider is they have hunted that area for years worked it the old school way of finding out what is there and here comes the game camera to find out in two weeks. 

I think hunters are taking them to make you work for the information.  What else would there be? 

BTW, I am trying to use logic.  Since hunters overall are men (sorry ladies) and I am a man, I am assuming I could use logic for why camera's are being messed with.

I would imagine if someone just wanted to keep you from learning an area, they might just take the card and pop a .22 round thru the camera instead of taking it...

[Decker]

I have been reading this thread trying to think of the possible reasons that camera's are been messed with.  The cameras are unusable because of the password.  So why take them?  The only reason that I can consider is they have hunted that area for years worked it the old school way of finding out what is there and here comes the game camera to find out in two weeks. 

I think hunters are taking them to make you work for the information.  What else would there be? 

BTW, I am trying to use logic.  Since hunters overall are men (sorry ladies) and I am a man, I am assuming I could use logic for why camera's are being messed with.

I would imagine if someone just wanted to keep you from learning an area, they might just take the card and pop a .22 round thru the camera instead of taking it...

That would certainly send a message.

[TheHunt]

I did not know there was no passwords on some of the models.   That makes sense of that people can make a quick buck for the stolen camera.