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Title: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 14, 2016, 04:53:39 PM: I left my house at o dark thirty . Got about 5 miles away only to remember my binoculars and food are on the counter. So I turn around to get them. The first 3 hours of my hike was in the fog, I could only see 20 yards. I saw two bulls staring at me in the fog. It was cool. Around 11 it started to clear up. I finally got to my first camera only to have the lock not open. No clue as to why. I am going back with bolt cutters.
Hiked to a location in wanted to put a camera up. I get there only to find out I forgot my extention to the socket wrench so I can't lag bolt my box to the tree. .
On my way to another camera my boot lace snaps. Stop to repair that. I finally get to the camera and see something weird . I can't post my phone pics so Josh is going to be kind enough to post it for me. Anyway there was a knife behind my box. Looks like they tried to pry it off the tree only to break the knife. Lol. They deserve that. Pieces of *censored*. But then left it for me to see...
Because I can't get my socket to take out the bolt I need to leave it for now and hope they have not come back.
My plan was to stay out all day till dark but with the way the day is going I figured I better get off the mountain before I fall off. To add insult to injury I call the wife to let her know I an coming home early. She says great. Her sister is coming over for a visit and for dinner we were having her homemade soup and grilled cheese. When I get home they are in the back yard. No dinner in site. They already ate and had nothing left. . Are you kidding me. ..
Well that's my day

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Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: rtspring on July 14, 2016, 05:17:41 PM: Ross where did you get the camera lock boxes?
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: Eli346 on July 14, 2016, 05:20:41 PM: Ross, When I have a day that goes so bad I don't know if I'll survive it I just go buy a lottery ticket. I figure with all the bad luck some good luck has to be right around the corner!
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 14, 2016, 05:32:10 PM: Quote from: rtspring on July 14, 2016, 05:17:41 PM
Ross where did you get the camera lock boxes?
I have a buddy that makes them custom for all my different cameras
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 14, 2016, 05:33:07 PM: Quote from: Eli346 on July 14, 2016, 05:20:41 PM
Ross, When I have a day that goes so bad I don't know if I'll survive it I just go buy a lottery ticket. I figure with all the bad luck some good luck has to be right around the corner!
Has it worked yet? Lol
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: pianoman9701 on July 15, 2016, 07:13:25 AM: Sorry about your day, Ross. Crazy stuff, man.
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on July 15, 2016, 08:20:08 AM: Forget the camera problems..It seems the problem here is that Your wife knew you were coming home early and left you NOTHING to eat???? Dude-----
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: bobcat on July 15, 2016, 08:29:06 AM: That's very odd that someone left their broken knife between your camera and the tree. :dunno:
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 15, 2016, 10:27:52 AM: Quote from: bobcat on July 15, 2016, 08:29:06 AM
That's very odd that someone left their broken knife between your camera and the tree. :dunno:
No kidding
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: Dan-o on July 15, 2016, 11:06:16 AM: I wondered where I left my knife....

Kidding of course, but I do think it's funny that they lost their knife.

I hipe you got their pic!
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: lewy on July 15, 2016, 11:18:15 AM: Get any pics of the guy?
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on July 15, 2016, 11:23:58 AM: I find it more odd the old lady didn't leave some soup and grilled cheese for you after your hike? :dunno:
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 16, 2016, 07:19:34 AM: Quote from: HUNTINCOUPLE on July 15, 2016, 11:23:58 AM
I find it more odd the old lady didn't leave some soup and grilled cheese for you after your hike? :dunno:
Even though I am still irritated about it. She meant to say they ate grilled cheese and soup already. But the text did say dinner is. Not dinner was. .. I could of stopped somewhere and had a burger and beer instead of trying to get home at a reasonable time for dinner. Oh well
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: Magnum_Willys on July 16, 2016, 08:22:21 AM: Leftover grilled cheese? Eeewww.
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: haugenna on July 16, 2016, 08:42:17 AM: I suggest getting back out there. Chances are you camera is on the top of this crooks list to steal. Hopefully you got his pic.
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: _DarkTimber_ on August 01, 2016, 03:56:01 PM: Either that or someone found the knife then found your cam and stuck it behind your cam thinking you dropped it so he's giving it back. Idk if they were really trying to steal it you'd think he would either take his broken knife or chuck it. Not leave it behind the cam. Who knows.. Kinda weird

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Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: trophyhunt on August 01, 2016, 04:16:03 PM: I'd get a real lock for that box, the ones that block out a pair of bolt cutters.
Title: Re: Crazy day with a sour taste in my mouth
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on August 01, 2016, 04:20:45 PM: I THINK IF DAMAGE WAS THE INTENT THAT KNIFE COULD HAVE LEFT LOTS OF SCRATCHES ON YOUR CAMERA. I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO FREAK YOU OUT, SO YOU MOVE IT.