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Title: Lock 'em up!
Post by: billythekidrock on May 04, 2013, 07:48:29 PM: Lock up your cams.
Cables and locks do no good if you don’t use them properly.
Here is how I found mine today. Apparently I was so intent on keeping it hidden that I forgot lock it properly. :bash:

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2FIMG_03358.JPG&hash=1062040d95cececac54a68267be3773d3fff7f67)

The other end was under some moss on the backside of the tree. :bash:

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2FIMG_03368.JPG&hash=9fbae6a3ac95b99556977cdc0923e5e57fc6805b)
Title: Re: Lock 'em up!
Post by: gaddy on May 04, 2013, 08:15:12 PM: im guessing that you didnt loose it? lucky if someone with ill intent had found it. thanks for the warning.
Title: Re: Lock 'em up!
Post by: billythekidrock on May 04, 2013, 08:17:20 PM: It was still there and no human sign was around, but this bear took an interest in it. Luckily it didn't bust the strap.

Swamp Bear 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsvm1Fdtvgc#ws)
Title: Re: Lock 'em up!
Post by: gaddy on May 04, 2013, 08:22:06 PM: :chuckle: that was cool, had to wipe my face. reminds me of a dream i had when i used to nap in the woods.
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Post by: bobcat on May 04, 2013, 08:34:38 PM: Cool video!

And as for locking them up, I don't even have any lock boxes. Although I do have two Python cables for locking up my Primos cams. So far been pretty lucky- have only lost a $40 Tasco.
Title: Re: Lock 'em up!
Post by: billythekidrock on May 04, 2013, 08:36:00 PM: At almost $300 I want them to work for this one.
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Post by: DoubleJ on May 04, 2013, 08:44:38 PM: Has anyone figured out why bears love (or hate) trail cams so much?
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Post by: billythekidrock on May 04, 2013, 08:45:53 PM: Bears are extremely curious.
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Post by: lokidog on May 04, 2013, 09:59:09 PM: If I dress up as a giant trailcam and walk the Monroe roads, is that baiting?? :chuckle:
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Post by: Nice Racks on May 05, 2013, 07:39:38 PM: Quote from: DoubleJ on May 04, 2013, 08:44:38 PM
Has anyone figured out why bears love (or hate) trail cams so much?

Supposedly, bears can smell and are attracted to the batteries. :dunno:
Title: Re: Lock 'em up!
Post by: Dan-o on May 05, 2013, 07:54:45 PM: Funny post and cool video.

I camo up my cameras as well. I've been known to glue twigs and branches to the camera body......

I've still had some of those found. I guess when the flash goes off it might give it away? :yike:

Anyway, I've had a few stolen the past years so I understand your desire to secure them....

Thanks for sharing.

Dan
Title: Re: Lock 'em up!
Post by: ouchfoss on May 05, 2013, 09:12:51 PM: Quote from: Nice Racks on May 05, 2013, 07:39:38 PM
Quote from: DoubleJ on May 04, 2013, 08:44:38 PM
Has anyone figured out why bears love (or hate) trail cams so much?

Supposedly, bears can smell and are attracted to the batteries. :dunno:

I've kinda wondered about that over the years. There have been a few times I have found car batteries way out in the woods that were chewed up real bad obviously from bear. I know bears are kinda like coyotes in that they will chew on and sometimes eat anything that is just out of the ordinary in the woods or smells different considering what I have seen in their poop over the years (rubber bands, plastic, carpet).
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Post by: huntnnw on May 05, 2013, 09:20:43 PM: I can smell the batteries in trail cams..Im sure bears can and not to include, LED, IR and flashes on cams attract them
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 05, 2013, 09:35:35 PM: :tup That was funny seeing the bear che in it out!
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Post by: elkh8me on May 21, 2013, 09:11:24 AM: Used to wonder why people went to all the hassle of locking up their cameras. Well when you go to check it and its gone...I no longer wonder. Part of the pain is having to replace the camera $ but the big hurt is not knowing what you had on the chip.