game camera theft prevention

[VTer]

Just get a Moultrie, then you won't care when it gets stolen.  

[Don Stokes]

Get one that looks like this. It's so hard to see that I have to be careful to remember exactly where I put it. Scoutguard, camo model.

 

[wv lungbuster]

Theft is pretty high in most areas I hunt. Over the past few years I've had great results using my camera off the ground. I just make a small impression with my boot, secure or prop the camera up  with whatever I find close by.

[head_hunter]

I had my first camera stolen on private property a couple of years ago. It was only up for one week. Since then I've had a buddy of mine make me a couple of camera boxes out of 1/4 thick stainless steel. They weigh 14lbs a piece and I lag bolt them to the tree with 4 bolts that are 3" long. Haven't had a problem since but I sure get tired lugging them around in the summer. The sad part is that the cameras are password protected so the thief can't even use it.

[reddust]

I use security boxs with my cameras and have not had any problems,but I know if somebody really wanted them they could take them.I just try to make it as hard as possible to steal,most theives are lazy

[Don Stokes]

After several experiences with low-down thieves, I decided the stealth approach is the way to go. If they can't find it, they can't steal it. My Scoutguard has taken several pictures of trespassers who might have taken it if they had seen it. No visible flash is particularly important, and if the camera has a red light that comes on when it's triggered, it should be covered. Knock on wood, I've had this one for several years now.

[wapitimike1]

In this world just put out signs. Free to a Good Home!! This way here you don't get upset when they vanish.

[crotch horn]

I had trouble with some trespassers on my land. After escorting their butts off for the third time I turned them in to the DEC. The last week of the season they stole a $200 camera of mine. I had a second camera set up on my logging road where they would walk through. I got a picture of the guy with the stolen camera plainly in his hand, but a tree was perfectly blocking him. You could see his hand, camera & one of his legs. DEC told me they couldn't do anything because you could not identify them in the pic. Only good news is I haven't seen them since.

[bigbadjon]

The unfornate reality is that there is no way to stop a thief who is determined to have your stuff. I like the hang them in a tree idea, I  think most thieves would say that is more trouble than its worth.

[razorsharptokill]

I was surprised to see how easy a python cable is to cut. I lost my keys and had mine locked to my truck bed. I used a set of 14" bolt cutters and it was pretty easy to cut. I dont think there is any kevlar in the cable. Its just a plastic coated cable.

[Don Stokes]

Kevlar is not that hard to cut. It works in bullet-proof vests against impact of a bullet, but a hunting knife with a sharp point will cut right through the same vest.

[misfire]

I don't use trail cameras but a friend of mine does. He engraves and then fills in with white paint the following:

PROPERTY OF MDFW
  GPS ENABLED

MDFW stands for MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

He secures it with a cable. In three years it has never been touched. He doesn't even try to conceal it.

[frankwright]

We have never had anything stolen from our hunting land but that doesn't mean everything won't get gone tomorrow.

I do use a bear proof type box, bolted to the tree. Someone could still get it or destroy it if they wanted to bad enough.
I heard a report of a guy used a GPS chip to track a tree stand to a house but that is where it ended. Police said probably no judge would issue a search warrant, but at least he knew where the thief lived.
The sad thing is if we did the things to a thief we really wanted to, he would get rich and we would be the one in trouble.

[Bill Sant]

Misfire has it.  Do the same thing on things I don't want people to screw around with.  We painted our gate on our driveway with forest service brown and just like that the curious wanderers quit messing with it.

[wv lungbuster]

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