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Ed, the last sentence of your first post says you do not like trespassers but this has nothing to do with your last sentence, it has to do with the attempt to steal what isn't his. What is meant above with the statement The point is you got to the parents, is this clear enough???

Do you mean go to the parents? YES I had a typo, sorry!

If so I'd love to but this kid didn't have a collar on or any identifying markers so I don't know who he is.
(ha-ha, that's pretty funny, maybe we could chip him?)
Maybe I'll set a trap in front of the camera and ask him next time. Again Ed, this kid is a thief and obviously talking to his parents is worthless since they have instilled no values in him.

These are more of my underlying points and I'm not trying to bust your ballz, I'm suggesting that
"kids will be kids", period.

By your last comments, it sounds like you could you be jumping to the conclusion and assumming he's stealing.
Example: Could he possibly be curious???
Example: Maybe he's a 10 year old relative of the land owner, and in a childs mind, he is defending his relatives property with this unknown thing some tresspasser (meaning you, to that boy) put on his relatives tree?
* Do you think a child pulls out a land boundry map everytime he walks in the woods, he probably could take his parents car to the town and ask someone for a copy (teasing)?
** If you mentioned he took a rock and tried smashing your camera or had marks of the kid trying to tear it off of the tree and purposely new it was yours, then you can send him to the whipping board.
But that doesn't mean his parents are worthless, you stated you didn't even know them, right?
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I have read about (I'm sure you have too) and known a few fine people, upstanding pillars in Society, that their children have stolen something or even worse.
So not all parents let their "little bastards" grow into thieves, right?
"Kids will be kids" and they will give you a headache on occassion, as I know I have when growing up, and I'm sure everyone else has too!
And for the record EarlyIn... If/when my child ever did anything "bad" and after I get all my facts about any incident, they will wished they had ever did it, I can promise that!
I too believe that society on all levels need to be accountable for their actions and some simple rules like...
An eye for an eye and do one to others as you wished be done to you!