I had a camera!!!!

BigBucks23 · Aug 17, 2009

This last week I had a camera grow legs and climb off of its post and run away. This camera was located on the Boulder Mountain in central Utah up on top. It's is cuddeback expert, and it has my name written on the inside (K. Bundy) in permanent marker. These cameras have a security code on them and can not (at least this is what I was told) be used with out the security code. I am a 9th grade science teacher with very little money and try to hunt on my own. You know a Do It Yourself guy. I would like to try and find my camera, I don't want anyone to get in trouble, I would just like to get my camera back. If you have any information please send me a PM. I will also be posting this in the Deer and Elk forum.

Thanks
Kory Bundy

BrowningRage · Aug 17, 2009

I'm sorry to hear about that man... Especially since I too hunt the Boulders regularly, makes me suspect other hunters, which is something I hate to do since we are all on the "same side" so to speak.

Probably elk hunters... LOL No self-respecting Muley Man would do that... LOL

Good Luck out there this season.

alp75 · Aug 17, 2009

Seriously this happens way too often. People are lame. If you read this and you do this kind of stuff you really need to get a life. I get tired of people not respecting other people and their stuff.

Rant over.

jcmuleys · Aug 17, 2009

I just pulled all of my cameras here in Colorado. With more people hitting the woods right now i have been having funny stuff happen. Somebody took all the pictures off one of my cameras. (SD card was gone) One guy must have wanted some C batteries. No cameras were taken but i pulled them all anyway. Sorry to hear it man. Makes your blood boil don't it!
JC
Colorado Hunting Consultants LLC
www.cohunthelp.com

GotBowAz · Aug 17, 2009

Look for your camera on e-bay! So?this is a very sore subject with me and I am still just mad as hell over a conversation I had with an individual I met a couple of months ago. This is a so called hunter that will actually steal your camera, tree stand, ground blind or whatever else you brought out there AND even during the hunting season which I let him know was way ballsy and a good way to get hurt. His argument is that it's on public land so it's free for the taking and if you want to keep your stuff take it out with you. I argued with him and told him of what I thought of him and his ethics but this guy wont budge. If you leave it in the woods on public land he will get it and that includes going and getting whatever it takes to get it off the tree or whatever you have it attached to. He claims he has even watched people go and put them up and waits for them to leave and take it down. Can you believe that? He then told me he will sell them on e-bay or at a garage sale and they sell like hot cakes. Im not sure what to believe with this guy but if there is any truth to it he needs a good arse whooping! This conversation really got under my skin and I have not been able to shake it. It was all I could do to keep self control. I had to leave. Anyway, just thought you all should know there are people who think this way and you may just recover your cameras on e-bay.

GBA

alp75 · Aug 17, 2009

Do you have a name for this guy? I would report him to LE. I don't know for sure, but I would think that wouldn't fly.

HillbillyNnevada · Aug 17, 2009

I'm sorry to hear about your camera.

Although I won't name the site, there is an interesting post on another site where the alleged thief's photo was taken by another trail camera on the way out of the woods with the allegedly stolen camera in his hand. The photo of the alleged thief is posted for all to see.

Turns out, many people on the site know the alleged thief and a real nasty fight has developed between those that believe he stole the camera and those that believe a bear knocked it off the tree and the alleged thief picked it up to return it to his owner!

Triple_BB · Aug 17, 2009

I've avoided the investment in one of those trail camera's for the reason this thread was created. Wonder how many guys on this site, if they were out hunting in the middle of no where, saw a crisp $100 bill pinned to a tree would leave it and keep on walking. Maybe 1 out of a 100 in my opinion...

jetsled · Aug 17, 2009

The difference is if I knew the crisp $100 bill was YOURS, and you worked many hard hours for it I would'nt touch it. I would hope most feel the same.

CAnAZbwhnter · Aug 17, 2009

My thoughts on this are that if some one who calls or considers himself a true outdoorsman and true hunter, then that person would have the common respect that most of us carry with us while out in the field doing what we love to do.... its to bad we have to deal with disrespectful fools. People now better and we shouldnt have to worry about our trail cams getting sniped by another so-called outdoorsman.

sharpstick · Aug 18, 2009

Sorry to hear about your camera. There's a lot of talk on this post about outdoors-men who should have some ethics and leave things alone that don't belong to them. We all know that there's two types out there when the hunt begins. The hunters who scout all summer,who work hard practicing so their shot is true and respect the animals they harvest and then there's those lazy, scum bag, parasites who prey on others, dust their bow off the day before the hunt and shoot at anything and everything out there. It's that type of trash that gives hunting a bad name and they are the ones who would steal a camera or anything else they can get their slimy hand on. I pull my cameras out before the hunt starts just for that reason. Too bad there's not some type of accuracy test people have to pass in order to go out...it would eliminate a bunch of people who shouldn't be out there in the first place. Hope you find your camera. Good luck hunting!

BLooDTRaCKeR · Aug 18, 2009

You also got to realize there are alot of young kids who hunt that don't have jobs or alot of cash. When they see something like that hanging in a tree, I think the chances for the camera dissappearing are alot higher. Young kids act in the moment, they usually don't think about what they are doing until some time later. Not to put a stereo type on all younger hunters, because there are many younger hunters that have a tremendous respect for the outdoors and other peoples personal belongings. I just think there are too many variables to be considered and leaving your personal belongings out in the middle of nowhere means you trust everybody in this world or that your willing to take the chance of losing your stuff. Sorry to hear about the stolen camera man, That sucks big time. My dad and I always think about dragging our trailor up to our elk hunting spot a week in advance to reserve our camp spot but the thought of someone breaking in and taking/destroying our personal belongings has kept us from doing it. It's a sad untrustworthy world we live in. I have a hard time leaving the trailor and truck all day wondering what I'm going to come back to at the end of a hard days worth of hunting. Many many people will not hesitate to take advantage of anothers personal belongings. I would love to catch one of these SOB's and let the fists do the talking before I turn them in! Again, sorry for your loss and frustrations, best wishes.

OpeningDay · Aug 18, 2009

I don't own one yet and am starting to opt against going out and buying one with as much as they seem to disappear any more. I was wondering, for the people who have had bears tamper with their cameras, is there obvious evidence that it was a bear. Do they usually leave the camera close to where it was in the tree? Is it possible that a bear could decide it was a pretty fun little play toy and drag it off a ways? Is it possible that people cry thief when it is possible that a bear drug it off? Not trying to change blame or say that camera's aren't stolen, just curious as to how people know if it is a person or a bear. It really is too bad that now days you have to lock everything up and take the keys when you park to go into the woods. I remember when I was young, going with my Dad, there was no wasted time in makeing sure everything was in the cab of the truck and the truck was locked up. We just jumped out and headed in the woods. Hell, I remember there being an extra rifle in the back window and there was still no worry that it wouldn't be there when we got back. Sad Times, We are supposed to be Sportsmen and should be representing Sportsmen.

trevriv · Aug 18, 2009

That really sucks! I dont have any trail cams, but am thinking of getting some. I saw some locks at Cabellas, do those things work? obviously if somebody REALLY wants them, no lock will stop them. But it might stop the majority of them. I would bet that most people who steal these, just stumble across them. I bet a good locking device would solve most of the problem. IMO.

UCNELK · Aug 18, 2009

I leave my truck on public ground all the time. That does not give anyone the right to take it or anything in it! Whats the difference?

rutnelk · Aug 18, 2009

Amen to that UCNELK. It's pretty simple, if it's not yours then keep your hands off of it. Now if you stumble onto something just lying on the ground that is a different story. I'm sure all of us have found something on a trail while out hunting. But I would hope that if it was something valuable, we would all try to find the rightful owner.

longshooter338 · Aug 18, 2009

ALL TO FAMILURE WITH THIS BULL S@#$ I STARTED TRADING CAMS FOR MOUNTAIN TUNE UPS AS POSTED TRAILCAM ETHICS THAT TRUCK WAS THERE FOR TOO WEEKS .HOPE THE 300 DOLLAR CAM WAS WORTH IT

albubba · Aug 18, 2009

I'm not sure what you are saying longshooter.
try again later after the buzz wears off.

Gator · Aug 19, 2009

I'm going to set some out during are NM elk hunt Hope no-one screws up and pockets it.
The problem in days woods is respect (the lack of)

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

longshooter338 · Aug 20, 2009

SORRY REYNOLDS I DONT DRINK BUT I CAN DRAW YOU A PICTURE WITH A CRAYON IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT!!!

gleninaz · Aug 20, 2009

I set my GPS on my truck tool box while it was aquiring and forgot and walked off to hunt elk. Remembered right away and hiked back in 5 minutes. Two hunters in a pickup were grabbing it and took off when they saw me. I also lost two tree stands then gave up. Plenty of people would steal from their own mothers just like in any other group.