Hunting Washington Forum
Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: DRENALINJUNKIE on July 01, 2012, 10:18:06 PM
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Went up tonight to grab my trail cam to find out some low life son of a bitc$ took my camera. I cant believe that in an area where we buy a permit for $350 to access an area where limited people can go and people still take someone hard earned money. This really pisses me off. I just bought that camera and paid a good amount for it. So if you are on here and you took a camera in Hancock in the last few weeks your a real piece of *censored*! :boxin:
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I felt the same as you when one of mine was taken in there a couple of years ago. Mine was in a bear box screwed to a stump with long screws. They just pried it off and you could see where the wood was splintered where the screws were.
Your wording is spot on!
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Sorry to hear you lost you equipment, but with the thousand plus permits up there I would imagine there are more than a couple thieves running around. I would be very careful about my placement in the future not that you need to be reminded now with some *censored* stealing your gear.
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sorry to hear that. Placement i don't believe counts for much. i have one that is a mile from any road in the brush and i still caught a guy walking by it. Thankfully he didn't notice it. i also use python locks on all my cameras religiously
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Ya the placement was good. In a walk in area a couple miles in then in the reaprod a half mile off the road. Will be locking everything up for now on for sure. Thanks for all the sympathy guys. I will be posting signs at the gates for the guys that took it. Have heard of at least two more cases in the same area.
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That really sucks. I have some up there too. I always worry about them.
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There are a bunch of thieves every where. I found that they will leave my stuff if I mark it up so badley with name and such that it has no retail value to them. And that I can tell its mine right away.
One thing I got was a branding iron with my camp logo. Like my avatar. No one else has it. It is one of akind. I brand everything with it in clear view.
But I never resell gear.
They would have a hard time removing it. Since it is burned a 1/8 inch into the surface.
Some folks though just need to mess with other peoples stuff.
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You sure it wasn't a bear that took it. I had a bear take two of mine. I know it was a bear as I recovered one of them. It had been chewed on pretty good. It was a brand new camera and last a whole 20 hours on the tree.
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I also lock them up well.
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Sure it was not a bear. We laid a small log next to tree and wrapped both with the strap and it was still leaning on the tree. I looked around for a bit and did not see any sign of a camera. The sad thing is Saturday after our archery shoot we stopped by cabelas and i bought a bear box. Now i have no camera.:-[
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I had one of mine stolen out of there this year, really pisses me off. I had mine locked up and they cut my python lock. I wanted to see how easy the pythons are to cut and a saw cuts through them like butter.
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there are no secret spots up there,all roads were open for spring bear,so many new eyes were in the woods.lots of contractors,pickers and thinners, sucks to have things taken foresure.most of them stick like sore thumbs I see in there.anything I leave I expect to be taken,so I wont be pissed..
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I have put stickers on my cameras.. one said "this cam is equipped with a gps chip..Ill find you." another.." I hope u stole the 2 other cams on the road catching plate numbers"
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I like your idea huntnnw! And spring bear was not open in the bridge gate side. No matter what people shouldn't be stealing our stuff. I dont live my life thinking people are all bad and my stuff is going to get taken if i leave it somewhere. I thought all of us hunters were all on the same team. I guess not.
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i always worry about mine in there, just pulled it yesterday for new batts and stuff after a 3month soak. sorry to hear the low-lifes got yours..
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I feel your pain...... Have had one stolen each of the last 2 years.
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bridge side has a lot of access by thieves and poachers,lots of quads and walk ins from each end.gates are open all day during the week,clyde has his hands full with problems there.anymore its not if,its when will they will be taken...stolen cams are damn near a weekly post here anymore.sucks...cant leave doors unlocked,or garage doors open if your home,I just got hit for several grand worth of stuff that way in april...a whole new generation of people being bred.....
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I had two stolen last year we found out who but he sold them already. We had one camera down in a canyon by a creek and it had a picture of a guy walking by at 2;30 in the morning we could;nt figure what he could have been doing. Took a guy out shooting from pennslvania and we set up a 100 yard target and he said this is something you would;nt do where I live and I said target shoot and he said know put something that you own that far away someone would steal it sounds like it;s happing here.
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I hate thieves :bash: Sorry to hear that, and in a place like kapowsin too.
Sounds like RoyBoy better get up there and start patrolling.... :chuckle:
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I Hunt hancock as well... and it used to be 250 permits, then they went to 500 then to 1000.
I also was talking to a hancock staff who said he caught a forester taking a tree stand!!!
Drop me a note if you are around hancock, ( snoquailime hancock), and we can make a sign together.. like hey sportsman... please respect other peoples stuff etc etc.
I also kicked two cars out last week with california plates and no stickers.
If you place them in the clear cuts be careful they get walked a bit... also people glass the clear cuts... and with good optics you can see them. I have glassed two cams in the last 60 days there.. BUT I just then go find another area as I figure some dude has staked that area out.
I also really do run several cams at a location, all far apart so last year I got dudes in sammamiash taking one, the other cams got them, I called fish and game and the sherrif and they got stiched up for 1. hunting out of season ( they day before 1 had rifle 1 had cross bow lol) and then tresspassing.
If I caught someone doing this I would pay for an huge picture of their face to be blown up, laminate it on plywood and post it at the gate, then call hancock on them.
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That sucks man. My buddy just made me a couple boxes.
Keep an eye out, my hunting partners had 2 stolen this year and were able to get them back with some investigating...
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I feel your pain too...I just checked 3 of my cameras yesterday and one was eaten by a bear and destroyed (teeth & claw marks all over it) and the other camera stopped working on me. So I'm down 2 cameras right there.
On a side note I would not recommend Primos cameras. Mine that stopped working is fairly new and gave an error message "SD Full" which is is not and the card is formatted.
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I feel your pain too...I just checked 3 of my cameras yesterday and one was eaten by a bear and destroyed (teeth & claw marks all over it) and the other camera stopped working on me. So I'm down 2 cameras right there.
On a side note I would not recommend Primos cameras. Mine that stopped working is fairly new and gave an error message "SD Full" which is is not and the card is formatted.
i want to say there was a post about this last week...
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i want to say there was a post about this last week...
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Yeah, I saw that post(after I bought the cameras of course). U get what u pay for I guess.
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with all the cam being stolen I'm about half worried about mine. i haven't had any stolen yet but i have had 2 of them messed with. the 2 guys that where messing with them found out real quick that 6" bolts make it a little hard to get the bear boxes off the stumps
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I had one stolen in the Buckley gate last year, the scum bag even took the mineral block I had out. Makes me think about a booby trap, almost.
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:yeah:
