game camera thieves

[Leadeye]

Aren't honorable people at work at 10am on a Thursday?

No, they are out shed hunting in UTVs. I've seen that face before on other cameras of a shed hunting trespasser last year.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

No, they are out shed hunting in UTVs. I've seen that face before on other cameras of a shed hunting trespasser last year.

Do they happen to enter and leave your property at or around the same spot every time? There may be deterrents one could concoct to influence them to seek other property to trespass on.

 

[Leadeye]

Do they happen to enter and leave your property at or around the same spot every time? There may be deterrents one could concoct to influence them to seek other property to trespass on.

This is their first time in a UTV, the others were on foot. I had a similar problem further west with another neighbor and ended up putting a barbed wire fence up to block his access on his ATV. That problem resolved itself though, he died in a trailer fire the following year.

 

[indyjohn]

No, they are out shed hunting in UTVs. I've seen that face before on other cameras of a shed hunting trespasser last year.

Clearly not honorable. What is 'shed hunting'?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Clearly not honorable. What is 'shed hunting'?

Looking for antlers the deer have shed.

 

[indyjohn]

Looking for antlers the deer have shed.

Ah!

We did a little of that today too.

 

[10mmMarc]

Aren't honorable people at work at 10am on a Thursday?

you are making the assumption that this guy actually works, but then again there are companies that require people to take their days off during the week so they can work weekends. The good thing here is he has a picture of the UTV and the guy driving it.

 

[indyjohn]

you are making the assumption that this guy actually works, but then again there are companies that require people to take their days off during the week so they can work weekends. The good thing here is he has a picture of the UTV and the guy driving it.

I'm assuming he does NOT work. I would go so far as to assume the government provides him with the means to survive, whatever that may be.

 

[bwframe]

I bet someone in the neighborhood knows where that yellow transport sleeps at night also?

 

[KellyinAvon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punji_stick

That would be where I was going.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I bet someone in the neighborhood knows where that yellow transport sleeps at night also?

Kinda what I was thinking. A drive around the "neighborhood" with ones eyes peeled might lead to some clues too.

 

[Thor]

I do hate trespassers and thieves; individually...together even more so. I hope the Sheriff is able to get them on both counts.

Traps, while cathartic I believe come with their own issues, even is someone is trespassing when they fall into them.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I do hate trespassers and thieves; individually...together even more so. I hope the Sheriff is able to get them on both counts.

Traps, while cathartic I believe come with their own issues, even is someone is trespassing when they fall into them.

not if you own a backhoe or know a pig farmer. Lol (purple)

 

[trailrider]

I've had a couple stolen. I now use the lock boxes. Sucks to have to lock up cameras on private property.

 

[Leadeye]

Further tracking today placed the entry at the radio tower easement from the highway, an old problem.

 

[bobjones223]

Yup...lost one last year....cut through the steel cable with a hatchet!!!

 

[Mark 1911]

A couple years back a friend of mine lost two or three cameras in one State Fish & Wildlife Area that he was hunting. This may sound too simple to work but he made labels with the words "DNR Property, GPS Tracking Installed". It seemed to cure the problem for the rest of the season. Sounded good to me so I made some similar labels. So far I haven't lost any.

 

[Leadeye]

A couple years back a friend of mine lost two or three cameras in one State Fish & Wildlife Area that he was hunting. This may sound too simple to work but he made labels with the words "DNR Property, GPS Tracking Installed". It seemed to cure the problem for the rest of the season. Sounded good to me so I made some similar labels. So far I haven't lost any.

I like that idea.

 

[tmschuller]

I like that idea.

another one to add to the sticker list is camera protected by snipers... I hate thieves.

 

[trailrider]

While driving around the property the other day I came across a fresh pile of corn and low and behold a trail cam a few yards away. Who does this now? Trespassing shed hunters checking to see if they've dropped them? I checked the SD card but no faces. The camera was just set up last Sunday. If they're wanting to poach then why do you need a camera? I removed the cheap camera, stapled a no trespassing sign on the tree, then put the camera back with a note telling them if I find evidence again I'll contact my CO. Didn't want the camera or want to start a pissing match with whoever. I don't want my stuff stolen in retaliation. Weird this time of year.