It truly is a theoretical question. I would not damage someones hunting/or personal property, without having a face to face chat with them first. If this happened I would hold up a note with my name and contact info on it and let the camera take my picture.
Most of us hunters work hard for our money and spend way to much on gadgets to have them stolen or damaged. This is why i would never take a tree-stand or anything else i stumble acrossed.

I just thinks it would be funny to have someone develope a picture and see a broadhead zooming toward a lens.

Speaking of which, I use cameras on public land also. I wonder if using the first picture to show myself with a sign, with all my contact information on it. Along with a note saying please if you took my camera please return it to: address..I am a hunter who also works hard for my money and would appreciate your honesty.

then the second picture would be the same with me holding a sign that says attention film developers, if this film was brought to you by anyone other than : Name... please contact me, as the camera may have been stolen.

Do ya think it would work? Maybe make the person who took it have a conscience?