The only good thing in his case was that he went to another friend's place the next day to hunt a wooden stand that they had put up maybe 6 years ago. He shot a nice 8 pointer that day, the biggest of his life.
Well, that is what I would call an expensive 8 pointer Jeff....but well worth it. If I were placed in that situation I think I would have used it to my advantage as that is a perfect reason to convince the wife to buy a new one...
That is my biggest fear & the number one reason I have not purchased one. I had a stand stolen once & it made me really mad....last thing I need is a $200.00 game camera stolen as well.
That is a good reason to go with the Stealth cam. At least now that I have had it happen to me I can be prepared for the next time I put one out. I know how the old saying goes about "If they want it bad enough...."...but I am gonna make him work for it...and bust him the next time. Don't think I won't be wondering that area quite a bit before next season...and if I find another one just like it that has my initials inside the front cover then.....
I was intelligent enough to do that much.
Frank, I guess if you could have you would have, but I can't help but wonder... were you able to follow his tracks anywhere to give you any clues as to his identity/etrance and exit points, anything like that?
There were actually two sets of prints in the snow in that general area. The one set of prints circled the thicket and were actually relatively deep into the snow and looked fresh. When looking at my own, and my buddy's tracks that we just made we could surmise that set of tracks was from that day while the second set that lead to my game camera were much lighter in the snow...probably because there was a thin crust of ice on top of it...and that ice only began to melt the day that we went to go pick up the camera. The tracks continued up out of the thicket into a pine tree grove and then were lost among the pine needles. There are at least three parking areas that are relatively close to this location so he could have went to any one of them.
Only thing I can think of, is someone saw me getting out of my truck and walking across the field with them?? I guess you have to be more cautious of vehicles driving by these days?? Kind of sad that you have to look over your shoulder when setting up a camera.
You know exactly how I feel NY. The funny thing is that I actually had the cam out on that tree since the previous Sunday. I went back up on Thursday to check the cam and to switch film. It was there on Thursday but by the following Sunday it was gone. I will never leave the camera out on weekends again...there are too many people driving around that might notice my car or me setting one up.
Say PABowhunter, what is the little picture trick you refered to? I have a Stealth Cam out that I too am worried about.
Oldguy,
There are several different versions of it but md pretty much nailed it. My personal letterboard would say something to the effect of "If I am not the person handing in this film then call the police as the camera that took this picture is stolen..."...or something like that.
Tfox,
No, I never registered it. I definitely will the next one though.