Keep my mouth shut

[FHMAN13]

I made a comment on the post about stolen trail cameras about how I buy cheap ones and no one has stolen them yet. Then I said "my luck when I go check them this weekend they will be stolen" well one out of the two that in have set up Ina canyon was stolen. I should have jet kept my mouth shut.

 

[rmanwill]

Sorry to here. People anymore, you just cannot trust some of them.

 

[nockednlocked]

I will second that one, I said almost the same thing and sure enough one of mine was gone when I went to check it on the Dutton this weekend. Pretty frustrating.

 

[peakfreak]

I lost another one too. Just happened to be my most expensive one this time.

"You'll never get a big one if you shoot a little one"

 

[Mallards_Only]

Are you guys locking them with Python locks and lockbox?

 

[nockednlocked]

I had not. May look into doing it from now on though.

 

[justr_86]

Think it would be a good idea to start programming them to have a password to have access to anything? If you don't have the password the camera is worthless. Would this help slow or stop the theft?

 

[MeatMissile]

I went and collected mine after hearing these stories. I am only putting them out if they are at least 1 mile from any road or trail and not where the flash will be seen at night.

Sorry about the morons that we have to share the woods with. Some peoples ignorance really gets to me.

 

[nockednlocked]

I had a lock on the camera itself (to keep people from looking at the pictures), just not around the tree. I think in the end, if they really want the camera, they will get it. But the python and lock box would make it a lot harder. The camera that got stolen was a 1/2 mile off the road and in the bottom of a canyon (800 ft elevation gain on the way out). It is one of those things you hope doesn't happen but unfortunately as you said, we have to share the woods with the 1% of people who do this bs.

 

[FHMAN13]

I had my camera bolted to the tree and they just ripped it right off the tree. I hope it screwed the camera up and they cant use it anymore. It was also fourty minutes off of any road. I thought my other camera would get stolen before this one but it didnt.

 

[Mallards_Only]

It always amazes me that, somehow, thieves are able to stumble across a trail camera when it's 40 minutes off any road. How much traffic does that part of the woods get? If there's that many guys traipsing around, can there possibly be that many animals? Are you sure people aren't watching you when you put the cameras out? I find it hard to believe that someone is able to find a trail camera in the middle of the woods. That's like a needle in a haystack. Not saying it doesn't happen--just that there have to be other factors in place to help them out.

 

[powellpounder]

That sucks. but at least you had some quality time for choice words, about 40 min. worth.

 

[Gator]

Mallard
Maybe this will clear up how they find them they are looking for them, the camera's are on the same trail elk,deer and man use to travel,(you wouldn't get many pictures in a place there is no trails) at low light the camera flashes as it takes a picture they see flash they take camera, There is only so many trees in the right spots to hang a camera that can take pictures of what is travelling on the trail, if you know what your are looking for(if you have hung cameras and you know where you would put them you can spot a camera a long ways away).
That my take on how they find them. I have steel boxes for mine and I chain them to the tree so far that working to keep them safe.


"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".

 

[tyef350]

sounds like we need to set up some sting opps with a gps tracker inside then let the a$$ kick start.

 

[HKShooter]

How about some dumby camera boxes with some small explosives inside. Put up 3 with 2 of them loaded with enough to say blow off their fn thieving hands...that should do it. Sick of thieves, from our corrupt govt to low lifes in the woods. Give them some consequences to consider and that should help a bit.

HK

 

[carbonnation]

Sucks that there is so much of this going on. Heard that a friend of my buddies had the card stolen out of his last week. Guess they just wanted to check out what was coming in.

I am guessing that a lot of the cameras that are being taken are not being taken to use. I think they are being removed by other hunters who just don't want you in there area. I know that sounds Jaded, but I'd bet that most of them remove them and have little or no intention of using them again.

 

[Bill_in_MI]

...On the comment about a password that locks out the camera: I bought a bushnell from a cabelas bargain cave that had that feature. Someone had used it, returned it, and of course didn't reset the password to 0000. Bushnell was kind enough to give me there master code for that model to bypass it and set it up with my password. After learning that, I just left it at 0000. Worthless!

Bill