trail camera STOLEN

[BlacknTan]

ANYTHING can, and will be stolen in today's society.

I used to have a johnny house to keep quail for training purposes on a friends fallow field. I would release, and tend the birds everyday for recall. work the dogs on them on checkcords... puppy stuff. The birds were unharmed. Shortly before Thanksgiving one year, someone stole them all.. Who knows, maybe they needed a meal more than I did... But we did have to revert to pigeons after that... A less than desirable alternative.

 

[joshuabardwell]

When did the country travel so far down the gutter? I can't believe the things that people are stealing. So sad, that our once great country is now just a nation of criminals and malcontents, with a few of us hard working suckers tagging along.

There comes a time in every young man's life when he looks up from his self-absorption and decides that the world has suddenly gone to **** in a handbasket. Music is terrible. Politicians are lying scumbags. Kids today are loafers with no respect for their elders. And what used to be a country of hard-working entrepreneurs has become a nation of lazy crooks, suckling at the welfare teat. Except for you, of course.

I've got news for you. It's pretty much always been like this. From the founding fathers themselves, to those who treated recent immigrants as slave labor, to cattle rustlers and claim jumpers, to moonshiners and proprieters of speakeasies, to drug dealers and gang-bangers on urban streets, to embezzling lawyers and stock-brokers on Wall Street. America has always been a nation where a hard-working person could expect to find a less-hard-working person with more underhandedness than morals to take advantage of him. It still is. And I ain't saying that's good or bad--that's a question best left to philosophers. All I'm saying is, what's changed isn't America. It's your outlook on America.

This opinion is worth what you paid for it. Have a nice day :thumbsup:

 

[nickel plate]

Maybe you've just got really smart deer.

Tim, your contribution is absolutely senseless.
The OP along with other TBN members including myself that place game cameras on our property spend quite a bit of money to do so and a loss of one or more cameras is devistating.
We do it for the photographing/recording of the pristine wildlife that pass through our area and for someone to trespass on our property and steal/mutilate our personal possessions that in fact harm none is not a funny matter.

 

[LD1]

Tim, your contribution is absolutely senseless.
The OP along with other TBN members including myself that place game cameras on our property spend quite a bit of money to do so and a loss of one or more cameras is devistating.
We do it for the photographing/recording of the pristine wildlife that pass through our area and for someone to trespass on our property and steal/mutilate our personal possessions that in fact harm none is not a funny matter.

Are you being serious

I know it sucks a game camera was stolen, but lighten up man. Sometimes in situations like this, a little harmless humor does people good.:thumbsup:

Its funny though you single out the guy talking about smart deer, but not a word to the ones joking about not being able to find them if they used trail-cams????

Personally, I see nothing wrong with the comment. And I do use trail cams too BTW.

 

[Sockwell]

I'm not sure how your particular camera is made. I use the Bushnell Trophycam's. I bought security boxes. The camera goes in the box. The face plate of the box is then put in place and the security cable threads through the box and face plate through a set of overlapping holes. To get the camera out you've got to remove the cable. The cables are Masterlock Python's. Someone would have to have a bolt cutter, grinder, or torch to cut the cable. Its a crying shame, but its what we have to do.

 

[nickel plate]

Are you being serious

I know it sucks a game camera was stolen, but lighten up man. Sometimes in situations like this, a little harmless humor does people good.:thumbsup:

Its funny though you single out the guy talking about smart deer, but not a word to the ones joking about not being able to find them if they used trail-cams????

Personally, I see nothing wrong with the comment. And I do use trail cams too BTW.

YES I'M SERIOUS-
These cameras run between $50.00/$900.00-lighten up man? Nothing in situations like this, a little harmless humor will not make people good. Just ask those that have lost game cameras through theft and vandalism. Have you lost a game came cam?????

 

[LD1]

YES I'M SERIOUS-
These cameras run between $50.00/$900.00-lighten up man? Nothing in situations like this, a little harmless humor will not make people good. Just ask those that have lost game cameras through theft and vandalism. Have you lost a game came cam?????

Well, you seem to be the only one that has had a problem with those "harmless humor" comments. And what about the other two comments that were funny I mentioned??? You didnt point them out so I guess those were okay by you?

No I havent had a game can stoled, But have had other stuff stolen. $3500 worth of chainsaws just two years ago. Yea, it sucks, but life moves on. And when your mad at the world all the time, sometimes a little humor can be good.

What about all the other threads on here too. Like threads where people have rolled a tractor. A serious situation that may not be a laughing matter. But someone always finds a way to inject a little humor. Or what about broken tractor threads. Same thing.

You cant take things too seriously. Its what makes this site great. If we all took things as seriously as you, and always stayed on topic, and didnt have the general BS'ing that we do here, this forum would be pretty boring.

 

[BlacknTan]

I thought about trail cams once, but never followed through because I was afraid they'd be stolen.

 

[Pixguy]

Well, you seem to be the only one that has had a problem with those "harmless humor" comments. And what about the other two comments that were funny I mentioned??? You didnt point them out so I guess those were okay by you?

No I havent had a game can stoled, But have had other stuff stolen. $3500 worth of chainsaws just two years ago. Yea, it sucks, but life moves on. And when your mad at the world all the time, sometimes a little humor can be good.

What about all the other threads on here too. Like threads where people have rolled a tractor. A serious situation that may not be a laughing matter. But someone always finds a way to inject a little humor. Or what about broken tractor threads. Same thing.

You cant take things too seriously. Its what makes this site great. If we all took things as seriously as you, and always stayed on topic, and didnt have the general BS'ing that we do here, this forum would be pretty boring.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[zing]

Sorry you lost your camera bro. Everyone hates a thief....


... except for the guy who jumps on the too-good-to-be-true super cheap deal on a barely used, slightly damaged trail cam on craigslist.


Use a permanent marker, engraver, or wood burner to mark your name and phone number into the plastic on stuff like this. No market = way less theft, and the deer don't care.

Even if its not a "pro" planning to resell it. Having your name on it makes it less likely that some wandering buckethead is going to take it because even a buckethead knows he can't use it himself with your name on it. Or that Mom and Dad will get ticked off if they find it in his room.

 

[LD1]

Use a permanent marker, engraver, or wood burner to mark your name and phone number into the plastic on stuff like this. No market = way less theft, and the deer don't care.

Thats a great Idea right there with the engraver or burner. But dont use marker. It really isnt permanent. Comes off like a dry-erase marker with a little acetone, brake-clean, or alcohol.

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Just for a good Youtube video replace that Game camera with a cheap utilitiy box but have a hornets nest in it. Guy runs up to steal it tosses it in his vehicle and tries to drive off.. With any luck he might be allergic to bee's.
(PS: Yes it is a lame attempt at humor, no I haven't had a game camera stolen. Plenty of other stuff though. )

 

[newbury]

For those who have had one or more cams stolen - Why do you suppose they stole them?

Resale?
Get rid of evidence of trespass?
Vandalism?
Desperate need of a camera to take wedding pictures?

 

[deezler]

^ haha.

Yeah I am working on shutting down a frequent tresspassing situation myself. All my posted signs get stolen and fences get ridden around on dirt bikes, etc. So had thought to put up a cam and see who the offenders are, but was afraid it will simply get stolen.

The remote data storage seems like the ticket, but kind of $$.

 

[PAGUY]

When you buy a trail cam you know up front that there is a chance that it may end up stolen/damaged. To cry about it is useless. Try every trick in the book to protect it from being stolen and the crook will out smart you. If you can't afford to have it stolen than don't bother buying one.

I hunt and have relied on my tracking skills and observations to hunt deer. The rubs, the scrapes, the size of the tracks, the time frame mature bucks are active is what makes a hunter not pics on a camera.

Cameras are good for seeing animals that pass by it. A camera buff does the same thing during the day. Their hunt is the picture they get by pursuing widlife in their natural habitat. A true hunter doesn't need pictures. It is only another toy to make your hunt easier (a short cut). Learn the true meaning of being a hunter and stop looking for the easy way out.

 

[vabiker23518]

Zing, thanks for the great idea! I have several T/C on a small 30 acre piece. So far, have not had any problems, thankfully! But like your idea.

 

[creekbend]

Buddy had 2 stolen, so he put up a third one in the same spot with another one facing it. Got pictures of the neighbor. The guy offered to give the camera's back which he graciously took, then, called the cops and is prosecuting the guy:thumbsup:

I hope that your Buddy added Trespassing to the theft charge.

 

[Maxfli]

My neighbor had tool occasionally stolen from his barn. After putting up cameras he called the police to report the theft from the previous week. He was told by the police that if he was able to get the offenders on camera they would not be able use it as evidence because his property needed to have signs posting the the area as under video surveillance. I think he ended up just making sure the barn is locked up tight each night.

 

[clemsonfor]

For those who have had one or more cams stolen - Why do you suppose they stole them?

Resale?
Get rid of evidence of trespass?
Vandalism?
Desperate need of a camera to take wedding pictures?

#1 reason probly is to get rid of evidence.
#2 my guess is to use them for themselves
#3 would be resale
#4 because they are kids just stealing stuff

These are just my guesses?

 

[smalltown]

Boeing sorry to read your trail camera was stolen. I would love to place a camera, but have always been detered by the thought of somebody taking it. Never having used a trail camera I wonder if you used a climbing stand to install the camera higher up looking down. Would the camera still get good photos? I did like the post suggesting the camera with the remote receiver, but again I am leery of thiefs.