F-ing Theives

[bowhuntersd]

I went to go check my trail cam yesterday and found that someone had stolen it.    . The thing that pisses me off the most is that I had it on private property, just behind my house. I have been trying to keep people out of this property but with no luck. Every thing I put up (signs, road blocks & other things) just get ripped down. If I find them, GOD I hope I find them.....  . Any Ideas of how to keep them off this property?
Thanks Shane.

[NWBREW]

That sucks. I would put one higher in a tree pointing down towards a lower cam...IR.

Or how about a sign by your cam that says "if you are reading this you are on private property and you picture has already been taken multiple times by multiple cameras. We will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law".

[Ridgeratt]

Try these!

[JimmyHoffa]

You could try a no kidding road block-gate.  Like a whole lot of reinforced concrete with a logging style gate.
Or I would say set some really good bait for them....a lumber pile with some tools and set up some hidden cameras or wait there yourself.  Usually it is only one theif or group, so if you catch them once it should be good.  Even if the judge let's them walk, you should be able to get their names and can file a restraining order on them, then if they come around again I think it's a much worse sentence.

[bearpaw]

I went to go check my trail cam yesterday and found that someone had stolen it.    . The thing that pisses me off the most is that I had it on private property, just behind my house. I have been trying to keep people out of this property but with no luck. Every thing I put up (signs, road blocks & other things) just get ripped down. If I find them, GOD I hope I find them.....  . Any Ideas of how to keep them off this property?
Thanks Shane.

A well camoflaged deep hole would keep them on the property.... 

[Arteman]

That's my worst nightmare!  Work hard to buy a cam, set it up with bait and all just to have some piece of @#$% come rip it off!  I feel for you buddy, it would almost be worth paying the big bucks to get a cam that sends pix to your phone immediately when taken just to know who's sneaking in on your property then deal with it privately!

[marty]

Sorry man that sucks hope you catch them. But the sad reality of it is there is probably nothing you can legally do to keep those type of people from trespassing. Hopfully you catch them and get the authorities to handle it. Better for everyone involved! 

[nontypical176]

My buddy has his cams on public land, but he has tree climbing gear and gets them up there just far enough so you would somehow have to climb the tree.  He has several pics of people looking up there like dang that would be a neat cam to steal, but they haven't got one yet.  I got a couple at home, one I put up with a ladder but the other is probably gonna get ripped off, just because thats how some people are.  Though I will say the surveyors near my house are cool, they were looking and laughing on my cam pics so I assume they were talking about showing me the moon or something. 

That just sucks there are so many thieves.  Its crazy how many people on this site alone have had their cams stolen.  I have been looking for a deal on tree climbing gear, just to make them cams a little less accesible.  Like I said its been working for my buddy and he knows people can see his hanging up there.  Most thieves are lazy pieces of sh** so any extra effort they have to make might not be worth it.

[bloodhound]

road spikes under a nice fir branch would do wonders on making them think twice about driving in! as for walking in a trip wire with a sign that pops up that says "next time it wont be a sign it will be a claymore" might solve the walk in problem.

[BOWHUNTER45]

that just tells ya that there are more people sneaking around in the woods than ya think .....would be nice catch the @$$ hole ...

[seth30]

is the flash turned off or is it in plain view?  IF you can get a trail camera shell, set that up as a decoy and let the real deal take the photos.

[bullcanyon]

That sucks. It's a little more in the beginning, but I'd buy one of the bear boxes and a bicycle cable.  I checked mine last week and seen an exact same camera set up 50yds away:( I'm sure they didn't see mine, but it still sucked.  Regardless. I left theirs untouched, outside of taking a pic of my son and I coming down the hill. They didn't have theirs in a box. Someone could of taken it easily.   

[norsepeak]

I just went up the other night to check one of my cameras and found that sombody had stolen my bait and my memory card but left the camera on the tree, but pointing in a different direction....very frustrating after a two week soak...but atleast I got the camera back...have to find a better spot

[CAMPMEAT]

WARNING : You'll be dead before you hear the gunshot when you are trespassing.
                  24 hour security on duty.

[bowhuntersd]

That's my worst nightmare!  Work hard to buy a cam, set it up with bait and all just to have some piece of @#$% come rip it off!  I feel for you buddy, it would almost be worth paying the big bucks to get a cam that sends pix to your phone immediately when taken just to know who's sneaking in on your property then deal with it privately!

That's exactly what I told my wife. I've also thought of the road spikes, deep pits, and other ideas, but the problem is that people have been using this property for years and then I come in and shut it down, They're probably pissed. I don't care how they feel though STAY THE F*%# OFF MY PROPERTY. I don't want to do anything to extreme as I don't want anyone missing with my house.
Thanks again for all the good ideas.