Thats one of my worst nightmares! I've got 2 cams out there all the time and I'm sure it will happen eventually, but I sure hope not!

Good Luck with the next one!

To bad you did'nt have another one nearby that would of took the culprits picture.

Can you prove it?? Maybe. First, quickly develop the other roll of film and see if it got his picture. Second, Start calling all of the film developers to see if there is any film for "what's his name". If you don't know his name or don't want to try that approach, maybe you could let them know what happened and ask them to notify you if they develop a roll of deer pictures. Keep checking, it may take a while for him to have them developed, but I bet he will sooner or later.

This kind of thing sure sucks. I was out scouting a couple years ago with a $400 camcorder(hoping to video some deer), walking down an old lane through some woods. I was supposed to be the only one with permission to be there. A deer trail cut across the road through some extremely thick brush. I promised my wife I would not tear up her camcorder, but I really wanted to follow this trail a ways. Thinking there was noone within miles, I sat the camera down in the lane so it would not get scuffed up, then followed the trail about 100 yards. I turned back and went to the old logging trail and the camcorder was gone!! I had only been gone 10 minutes! Some lowlife was watching me and grabbed the camcorder as soon as I got out of sight! A lot of losers out there, that's all I know.
The good news: There are people out there who will do the same with your truck,your dogs, your 4 wheeler, treestands, even your kids!!(MORONS!). Just be glad it was a $65 dollar trail camera instead!!!

Good luck, I hope you can get it back somehow!

This is what I do to prevent theft. I also have 1 of the cheaper Stealth's. It bothered me it had no way to be locked up. So I cut a metal section from a piece of angle iron. Ran it through the back of the camera via the belt straps. I drilled a hole in each end of the metal, and ran a chain through it to lock around the tree. I then drilled 2 holes through the plastic camera housing from the inside, through the metal plate. Then screwd the camera to the tree to boot.

if there were no tracks in the snow ...maybe the deer were having a bad hair day and took the camera out ......

z man: truly sad when your stuff gets picked off. I lost a ladder stand this year and I'm still ticked off 3 months later. My wife tells me to be Christian about it and turn the other cheek. Easier said than done. My prayers are with you my friend.

I saw a way on here to help get your camera back if it gets stolen. Just take a big piece of poster board, then on it write. " If this film is being developed by anyone other then (insert your name) please call (insert your phone number) because that means that this camera was stolen!!! ". This way when they take the film to get deveoped, the developer will see the first picture and hopefully call you and you can meet the police there and give them the name of the person that stole it. Which will be written write on the film envelope. I heard of a couple people getting their cameras back this way. Hey, it's better then nothing.

Getting the other film developed today but I dont think he was on it because when I checked it yesterday It didnt have any more pictures on it then it did when I checked it when we put the corn out sunday. I dont think he new were the other camera was because It was not that close to the one he stole. It just pisses me of that some people have to be like that but I will try some of your ideas.Thanks Bearklr Buck Alley and Captain Backstrap. If this guy that stole the camera thinks Im going to move my stands away from his he has another thought coming because I know that is what he wants us to do but he could have asked us nicely and we would have. Over the off season me and my dad are going to come up with away to lock the cameras to the tree like you said Buck alley. Thanks everyone[>:][>:][>:][>:][>:]

Now don't be puttin' a nice pile of human scent by his tree. Hint! Hint! Or don't be sending him a picture of it either. What a low life to be taking someones stuff. Whether the camera was 65.00 or 6500.00 dollars. Stealing is stealing.

Why cant you guy's,place your Cameras overhead ,say 20 feet,and angle the shots downward to the area you want to take the picture of????????Seems to me,someone might not want the hassle of climbing to retrieve it,especially if there was no step's or anything to get aloft?????? Just bring your climber to check it.Beat's having it stolen!