are trail cams illegal on national forest?

[bigbucks1985]

Had a gamie take down my game cams because he said they are not legal on nat. forest, anyone ever hear this?

[JimmyHoffa]

I thought they had to be checked every 24 hrs if in Wilderness areas, and couldn't be attached to a tree in a way that damages the tree.  Kind of like tree stands.  Oh, and ID on them.

[dreamunelk]

Never heard of any rules.  Was it a WDFW agent or a N.F. Officer

[Bob33]

I think he had an agenda, or didn't like you.

 http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/specialuses/filming/

[provider]

No... but they should be.

[CementFinisher]

provivder you should be for all that is hunting related, the more we choose sides and dont stick together, the more the libs will take away till there is nothing left. just saying. Its not like the camera follows animals around then shoot them for you lol.

[bigbucks1985]

Here is the story. The gamie and i had contact a couple weeks ago when i was shooting some milk jug targets although i had every intention(trash bags in pack) of picking them up, he said it was illegal. He then told me to relocate to a big game winter range road(closed dec 1-march 1) said i should be ok to take my truck up a certain distance as long i was just shooting. Then today i got a call from him saying he had my game cam and that my food block by it was illegal.

[jackelope]

I'm so confused.

He then told me to relocate to a big game winter range road(closed dec 1-march 1) said i should be ok to take my truck up a certain distance as long i was just shooting.

He said to take your truck up a closed road on the winter range to shoot and that would be ok since you were just shooting?

You should ask him to produce the WAC or the RCW or whatever it is verifying this so called law. Do you know how many people would be in violation of this supposed law?

[Humptulips]

I think I would ask him to quote the pertinent law or regulation he is going by to make this determination.

[provider]

provivder you should be for all that is hunting related

Thanks for the tip Cement...  I'll take that under consideration.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

I think he had an agenda, or didn't like you.

 http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/specialuses/filming/

Bob, Larry Czonka ran afoul of the regs governing commercial filming up in Alaska years back.

http://www.libertymatters.org/newsservice/2006/faxback/2999_Forest.htm

Private photography is allowed. But if you're going to sell the images or use them to advertise a commercial venture such as guiding perhaps, I'd be checking with the local forest service rep to see if I needed a permit.

[huntnnw]

Id be calling his superior

[bobcat]

I guess you need to hide them better.   

Did you have it locked up?

[Curly]

I think he had an agenda, or didn't like you.

 

[pianoman9701]

provivder you should be for all that is hunting related

Thanks for the tip Cement...  I'll take that under consideration.

I'm interested to hear why you think game cameras should be illegal in the NF. Please elaborate.