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Title: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: jess on August 23, 2012, 01:26:01 AM: I have had bears screwin with my cams lately not eating them but rubbing on them and turning them on the tree, i went to check a cam today and it had been pointed at a water hole until a bear turned it to point at the tree next to it two feet away.. How can i keep them from messing with my cams?
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: MtnMuley on August 23, 2012, 08:12:26 AM: Put them in a lock box, and lag bolt them to the tree. :twocents:
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: Dhoey07 on August 23, 2012, 08:25:04 AM: Shoot the bear :twocents: or better yet, let me shoot the bear :chuckle:
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: mfswallace on August 23, 2012, 08:43:05 AM: Quote from: MtnMuley on August 23, 2012, 08:12:26 AM
Put them in a lock box, and lag bolt them to the tree. :twocents:

Do you lag bolt them on private property trees or do you do this to public land trees?
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: muzbuster on August 23, 2012, 08:46:25 AM: Just use a uncoated lag bolt. Galvanized can kill the tree. :twocents:
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Post by: h20hunter on August 23, 2012, 08:52:18 AM: Many good options. Yes, a box is great. Yes, you should shoot the bear. Yes, I will shoot the bear. I prefer the more passive approach.....
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: D-Rock425 on August 23, 2012, 09:07:48 AM: Shoot the bear.
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: Fishstiq on August 23, 2012, 10:05:15 AM: I ripped off H2O's idea with the hellraiser treatment...

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Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: MtnMuley on August 23, 2012, 10:08:26 AM: Quote from: mfswallace on August 23, 2012, 08:43:05 AM
Quote from: MtnMuley on August 23, 2012, 08:12:26 AM
Put them in a lock box, and lag bolt them to the tree. :twocents:

Do you lag bolt them on private property trees or do you do this to public land trees?

I don't lag any of mine. All mine are on public land. If I had a bear screwing with it though, and wanted to solve the problem, I'd lag it to a tree. It wouldn't matter if it was private or public. As far as a certain type of lag to help save a tree, that's some funny sh*t.
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: Fishhunt223 on August 24, 2012, 09:31:38 PM: Do you guys put those screws there to try to keep bears away or just so he has something to scratch behind his ears with? :chuckle:
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Post by: oldleclercrd on August 27, 2012, 09:34:58 PM: Just a suggestion, maybe do your camera card switch BEFORE you mess with the bait. If you touch the food first, then the camera, the scent of the food could be left on the camera in turn attracting the bears. That is of course if your using bait.
Title: Re: bears screwin with cam...
Post by: lokidog on August 27, 2012, 10:38:19 PM: Isn't that baiting, putting that tempting morsel on a tree in the woods.... :dunno: :chuckle: