Trail Cam Security where there are no Trees!

Is there a way to secure a trail cam in a pronghorn area where there are no trees? Are there any devices that can be driven into the ground that I can lock my trail cam to that can't be pulled out? I want to figure this out before I buy a trail cam for my upcoming pronghorn hunt.

Thanks
Bwht4x4

I would take a really long metal post and put it 5 feet in the ground. Then drill a hole through the metal post to secure the trail camera box to. Put the camera in the box. Lock the boxes.

That is the best I can think of.

Dilion,

I was thinking the same thing by using a T-post, but the issue may be trying to pound it though some really rocky ground that is common in this area. I was almost thinking that if the soil was the right type you could screw in two screw-like augers side by side and then chain/lock them together so they couldn't be unscrewed and then putting the trail cam on a wooden stake next to it and cabled to the augers.

I think both would work, but I'm hoping to find a unique idea that I don't know about.

Thanks for the reply,

Bwht4x4

I think the screw in type dog anchors would work pretty good if you hook them together by running a piece of 1 1/2 x 1/8 flat steel with hole on each end thru them with then 2 case hard locks with sleeves(keep them from getting a pair of bolt cutters and cutting them). The reason I don't like the chain is because to many SOB carry bolt cutters. I do think this will work.

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

Since trail cameras are for lazy people that don't want to do their own scouting, maybe you could hire someone to hold it for you. Just an idea.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com

I'll be darned....another trail cam hater..














Gun control is a good aim and a steady rest

Yep, I put it right up there on my sht list with food plots, high fence hunts, pen raised birds, baiting, crowding, scouting services, guides, littering, etc.

All it does is create problems and it's not sporting anyway.

Can't imagine why anyone would rather let a box do the work for them over getting out there and doing it, earning it themselves but then again I don't understand a lot of things anymore so what do I know.

I will never use one and don't admire or respect the results they supposedly produce.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com

go to www.camlockbox.com and see if they have a security box that will fit your cam

So where do you draw the line if you do not like trail cameras what about Scopes,Rangefinders, Binoculars. I do not agree with food plots,baiting or high fence hunts either I do not call that hunting but trail Camera's are cool. You get to see stuff you would never see scouting all season. I guess I do not see the big deal but I live somewhere where you never see another soul while you are hunting.

That is a fair question and one that I asked myself. The distinction is that trail cameras are fire and forget. You set them up and leave and that is my problem. They require very little effort, in fact, if you have the money and cell coverage you don't even have to go out and remove the cards to see the pictures, you can have them sent to you automatically.

Look, I love technology as much as the next guy but this is a bad idea. It causes more conflict then it is worth, creates a dependence on technology, takes away from the experience we are supposed to be out there for, feeds the bigger or bust score frenzy that we are currently in, and I just don't think it is sporting. It is the hunters equivalent of facebook...interesting and cool on its face but ultimately unnecessary and distasteful if not destructive.

The items you mentioned require me to be there on the job to operate them. Not so with the trail cameras. By the way, I hope nobody takes my opposition to these devices as encouragement to vandalize them because that is absolutely not the case. When I see them I leave them alone. Not my property and not my way of handling things. Golden Rule stuff.

Your question reminds me of one that one of my readers sent me regarding gear for a muzzle loader hunt he was prepping for. I asked him why he went through all the trouble of the whole muzzle loader thing and he responded that he appreciated the way it used to be done by the mountain men and that he wanted to stay as true to that technology as he could. So I asked him why he included a rangefinder in his list. Good point, I never thought of that was his response. I hear that a lot.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com