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Title: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: demontang on August 11, 2013, 09:44:15 PM: So checked my cam and put out more stuff for my buck only to have no pics and to find a tree stand up less then 45 yards away which tthe guy tried to hide so I couldnt see it. I think this is why my pics went from 300-400 in a week to 60 in two weeks. :bash: im going to take my drill up and take down my cam tomorrow I throw a lock on it but dont think that will stop him from breaking it.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: BsB on August 11, 2013, 10:23:11 PM: So you got a free tree stand to use? :chuckle: :stirpot:

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Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Quackwhacker on August 11, 2013, 11:38:44 PM: Is he trying to hide it from you? Or is he trying to hide it from the game?

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Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: demontang on August 12, 2013, 06:46:53 AM: Well he put stuff up so you couldnt see it or the ladder for it. It was up over winter about 450-500 yrds or more away from where I walked in to my cam.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: D-Rock425 on August 12, 2013, 06:56:43 AM: Sounds like you guys are trying to hunt the same area. Still doesn't give him the right to mess with anyone's camera. If I were you I would just take my camera down.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: TheHunt on August 12, 2013, 07:01:03 AM: I agree take it down.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Nice Racks on August 12, 2013, 10:17:25 AM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on August 12, 2013, 06:56:43 AM
Sounds like you guys are trying to hunt the same area. Still doesn't give him the right to mess with anyone's camera. If I were you I would just take my camera down.

Some people just don't care. They stumble on to an area and take it over. I had a camera up since March and this one time in early July I went to check it and someone had taken a weed eater and cleared out about a 300 square foot area of vegetation, put up their own camera only 30' away from mine, and actually pruned out the tree I was going to use. I know they had to see my camera since they weed wacked clear up to it. I just decided to take mine down. Maybe next time I'm in the area I'll star in the movie "shoot the moon". :chuckle:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: boneaddict on August 12, 2013, 10:44:35 AM: :stirthepot: I could say all sorts of things either arguement. Tagging to watch
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: D-Rock425 on August 12, 2013, 10:49:21 AM: Public land you just got to roll with the punches. I for one have to much respect for my fellow hunters space. If I see someone is set up in an area I wish to hunt I will not crowd them I'll move along.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: CP on August 12, 2013, 11:01:48 AM: I’m confused.. :dunno: someone broke into your camera and stole or erased your pictures? Or did they just put up a stand nearby?
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: turkeyfeather on August 12, 2013, 11:08:31 AM: Out of respect for a fellow hunter if I see sign someone else is set up or looking to set up in an area I will go find another spot. However it is public land and just cause your there first doesnt give you sole rights to that area.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: CedarPants on August 12, 2013, 11:41:47 AM: He could have possibly not even noticed your camera and wasn't trying to hide his stand from you specifically. Guys I know (me included) camo up our ladder stands with local foliage. At a minimum it breaks up their outline. It also makes them not quite as easy to see for would-be thieves.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: jackmaster on August 12, 2013, 11:43:46 AM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on August 12, 2013, 10:49:21 AM
Public land you just got to roll with the punches. I for one have to much respect for my fellow hunters space. If I see someone is set up in an area I wish to hunt I will not crowd them I'll move along.
:yeah: :yeah: damn skippy :tup:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Rooster1981 on August 12, 2013, 11:44:12 AM: A fellow member on this site found one of my cams, and left me a note. It was cool, now we are both using the same area and sharing info and pics from our cams. We don't hunt the same deer seasons so its no big deal on crowding. And its public land.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: bmccalister on August 12, 2013, 01:10:51 PM: I do agree that hunting on public land you do have to roll with the punches; however, if you know someone is scouting an area to hunt I believe you should give them the same courtesy and respect you would hope they would provide you. Personally, I would make contact with the individual who put up the stand and try to make a hunting connection; for example, maybe you guys could share notes or resources. Just and idea. Personally, when I put up blinds or stands on public land I don't mind if a fellow hunter uses it, I just don't like it when they leave trash or steal.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on August 12, 2013, 01:29:03 PM: Do you think that your camera was actually messed with or pictures erased, or since you did get some pictures in a two week period, that his activity may just moved the critters away??
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: SCRUBS on August 12, 2013, 01:29:47 PM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on August 12, 2013, 10:49:21 AM
Public land you just got to roll with the punches. I for one have to much respect for my fellow hunters space. If I see someone is set up in an area I wish to hunt I will not crowd them I'll move along.

:yeah:

Wish others did the same...
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: demontang on August 12, 2013, 05:36:23 PM: Well when I go check and only have pics of coyotes and it pretty obvise that deer and elk have been in without a single pic of one. My bolts for my cam where kind of stripped like someone used the wrong size wrench too. He set up his stand where he can look and and see my cam and mineral block. Ive hunted this area for the last 5 years straight with out seeing a single person so it kind of sucks :bash:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: bmccalister on August 12, 2013, 08:39:36 PM: This guy does not sound like a very ethical hunter. It probably would be a good idea to move on to a different area and try to keep an eye on this guy; if possible. It is one thing to share an area with a fellow hunter but another to interfere with other hunters. Kind of like when you park at the beginning of and start hunting down an old abandoned skid or logging road that goes nowhere and a road hunt drives past you.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: woodman on August 12, 2013, 09:09:22 PM: Quote from: bmccalister on August 12, 2013, 08:39:36 PM
This guy does not sound like a very ethical hunter. It probably would be a good idea to move on to a different area and try to keep an eye on this guy; if possible. It is one thing to share an area with a fellow hunter but another to interfere with other hunters. Kind of like when you park at the beginning of and start hunting down an old abandoned skid or logging road that goes nowhere and a road hunt drives past you.

I absolutely love this response!
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: dscubame on August 12, 2013, 09:14:24 PM: Quote from: woodman on August 12, 2013, 09:09:22 PM
Quote from: bmccalister on August 12, 2013, 08:39:36 PM
This guy does not sound like a very ethical hunter. It probably would be a good idea to move on to a different area and try to keep an eye on this guy; if possible. It is one thing to share an area with a fellow hunter but another to interfere with other hunters. Kind of like when you park at the beginning of and start hunting down an old abandoned skid or logging road that goes nowhere and a road hunt drives past you.

I absolutely love this response!

LOL
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: coachcw on August 13, 2013, 08:20:19 PM: you could leave a bunch of human scent in there if you know what I mean . or just figure out where the elk will go when he bumps them.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on August 13, 2013, 08:55:34 PM: Quote from: coachcw on August 13, 2013, 08:20:19 PM
you could leave a bunch of human scent in there if you know what I mean . or just figure out where the elk will go when he bumps them.

There's probably already a lot of human scent in there. That's why the picture count went from 3-400 to 60. He has been there so much the place REEKS of human scent. It's public land--find a less contaminated spot! :twocents:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: bullseeker on August 13, 2013, 10:34:19 PM: So you have a camera up and some mineral. This guys takes the time to hang a stand on public ground in your area. But you have yet to hang a stand? Maybe he thinks you are not hunting it or hunting it later. All is fair on public land. Also maybe leave him a note on his stand and get in touch with him, heck you might know him.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: demontang on August 13, 2013, 11:16:41 PM: Im just moving on. I dont tree stand hunt ill us a blind normaly or juat sit where I know they will walk by. Just think its unethical to move in on soneone set up :twocents: ive moved away from every area I have known theres a cam but thats just me
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: huntnnw on August 14, 2013, 06:11:44 AM: Quote from: bullseeker on August 13, 2013, 10:34:19 PM
So you have a camera up and some mineral. This guys takes the time to hang a stand on public ground in your area. But you have yet to hang a stand? Maybe he thinks you are not hunting it or hunting it later. All is fair on public land. Also maybe leave him a note on his stand and get in touch with him, heck you might know him.

oh hell no! u see a guys cam and mineral site and hang a stand? nope not flying with me
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Elkrunner on August 14, 2013, 09:33:37 AM: Quote from: demontang on August 12, 2013, 05:36:23 PM
Well when I go check and only have pics of coyotes and it pretty obvise that deer and elk have been in without a single pic of one. My bolts for my cam where kind of stripped like someone used the wrong size wrench too. He set up his stand where he can look and and see my cam and mineral block. Ive hunted this area for the last 5 years straight with out seeing a single person so it kind of sucks :bash:

What unit is this in?
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: arees on August 14, 2013, 10:04:38 AM: I have issues with people declaring some piece of public land to be their place. Many people can be using the woods that you never know about, at least until you start putting up cameras. How many years have you been running a camera at that spot?

I usually still hunt, moving through my favorite areas leaving minimal traces. If you set up a camera on a spot that I have still hunted for years, who is encroaching on who's spot?

If I have been still hunting a spot for years and decide to set up a stand this year, am I a new interloper into someone's area because they now see my stand?

If I have been using a temporary blind in a spot for years and someone sets up a camera there does that mean the spot is theirs and that I have to move on? Can I set up a tree stand on a spot I have been hunting for years?

In the end, I try to avoid other people. When someone sets up in a spot I have been hunting, no matter how long, I tend to adjust how I hunt to avoid them. I'm sure that those people are thinking that the spot is theirs because they dumped a salt block and set up a camera this year.

Everybody owns the public land equally. Some of us just do it without leaving our stuff in the woods.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: CamoDup on August 14, 2013, 10:04:43 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on August 14, 2013, 06:11:44 AM
Quote from: bullseeker on August 13, 2013, 10:34:19 PM
So you have a camera up and some mineral. This guys takes the time to hang a stand on public ground in your area. But you have yet to hang a stand? Maybe he thinks you are not hunting it or hunting it later. All is fair on public land. Also maybe leave him a note on his stand and get in touch with him, heck you might know him.

oh hell no! u see a guys cam and mineral site and hang a stand? nope not flying with me

:yeah: If I took the time to pack in a block and camera and someone hangs a stand over it.... I would not be very happy at all either. No one can be that oblivious to their surroundings if they call themselves a "hunter". And I'm assuming this is an archery "hunter"....?
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Hornhound 09 on August 14, 2013, 10:39:17 AM: If I was you, I would take my camera down and take his tree stand!!
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Buckmark on August 14, 2013, 10:46:40 AM: Quote from: Hornhound 09 on August 14, 2013, 10:39:17 AM
If I was you, I would take my camera down and take his tree stand!!
And you would then be a thief...
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on August 14, 2013, 01:37:15 PM: Sounds like you need some new bolts for your camera. Didn't he use some nice new bolts on his tree stand? :chuckle:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: turkeyfeather on August 14, 2013, 01:53:00 PM: Quote from: Hornhound 09 on August 14, 2013, 10:39:17 AM
If I was you, I would take my camera down and take his tree stand!!
:bdid:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: demontang on August 14, 2013, 06:40:15 PM: Im going to pull my stuff. Ive hunted this spot a long long time had a cam up for a little bit last year during season and I have never seen anyone in the area. The stand like I said was a good distance away. Ill move on to some where else and be who I am and not wreck someone hard work :twocents:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: turkeyfeather on August 14, 2013, 06:43:31 PM: Quote from: demontang on August 14, 2013, 06:40:15 PM
Im going to pull my stuff. Ive hunted this spot a long long time had a cam up for a little bit last year during season and I have never seen anyone in the area. The stand like I said was a good distance away. Ill move on to some where else and be who I am and not wreck someone hard work :twocents:
That's taking the high road. Good for you. :tup:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: floatinghat on August 23, 2013, 03:33:32 PM: Quote from: Nice Racks on August 12, 2013, 10:17:25 AM
Quote from: D-Rock425 on August 12, 2013, 06:56:43 AM
Sounds like you guys are trying to hunt the same area. Still doesn't give him the right to mess with anyone's camera. If I were you I would just take my camera down.

Some people just don't care. They stumble on to an area and take it over. I had a camera up since March and this one time in early July I went to check it and someone had taken a weed eater and cleared out about a 300 square foot area of vegetation, put up their own camera only 30' away from mine, and actually pruned out the tree I was going to use. I know they had to see my camera since they weed wacked clear up to it. I just decided to take mine down. Maybe next time I'm in the area I'll star in the movie "shoot the moon". :chuckle:

well if they weed wacked to your cam you know who they are.
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: washelkhunter on August 23, 2013, 04:21:00 PM: I'm thinking one word; hacksaw. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: buddy01 on August 23, 2013, 05:25:20 PM: Kinda the same thing happend to me. Put camara up in july, Put treestand up two weeks ago Went back in last week, saw another hunter had put a camara up 200 yds from me Iam down the ridge I dont think he Knows Iam there. Hope it works out for both of us. :twocents: Going in tomorow to check camara . I might have to move. :bash:
Title: Re: someone has found my trail cam
Post by: demontang on August 26, 2013, 09:54:48 AM: Pulp my cam and moved on. Seems to me the animals did the same thing cause there is no activity in there now