How do you secure your trail camera?

[Bldtrailer]

Thieves are like ticks        a mole hit one another pops up) how do you secure your trail cameras

[joe munno]

its to bad there are people out there stealing stuff from hard working hunters locks are for honest people a thief will cut it off ive had tree stands and cameras stolen tried everything now use a climber and set cameras about 10 ft up facing down use a few screw in steps set camera and take steps out a thief walking around wont see it good luck

[1/4 away]

I use a metal security box that I lag bolt to the tree from inside the box . The camera sits inside and I padlock the security cover onto the security box. I use a master lock that has only about 3/4" of the shank expired. Once locked there is no room for a pair of bolt cutters to cut the lock.

[Pine]

Have a veterinarian set you up with a dog chip to put inside the camera and have the police go with you to have the person explain how they got your camera .
Oh and don't forget to have the serial number .

[Rick Butler]

Originally posted by Graps:
Have a veterinarian set you up with a dog chip to put inside the camera and have the police go with you to have the person explain how they got your camera .
Oh and don't forget to have the serial number .

Awesome idea!

[Sockrsblur]

From what I just read there is a pet microchip implanted between shoulder blades the size of a rice grain but it's not gps it's only scanned for ID information. You can't scan it if you can't find it. The only locating pet thing I see is a GPS like collar to big for trail camera application. Anything else I missed? I stopped hanging them where they disappear... stinks but o well.

[Sam McMichael]

The dog chip is a great idea. Presently, I don't secure my camera, but based on the comments on another thread, it isn't worth taking.

[tomsm44]

Haven't had to deal with this yet because I hunt on a lease with just my dad and brother.  I'm listening in case that changes in the future though.

[elkken]

I use lock boxes and 4" screw bolts to drill the box to a tree ... even that is not fool proof, I had two stolen by some kids last year. Not sure how they got them off but it took some work I know that. These were on public land but I had not seen another human in there in the 25+ years I had been going in there except 4 young wheelie bow hunters on opening day of elk season this past year. I reamed their low life asses good but they still couldn't find the courage to confess. It was a sad day, I had shot my first elk in that spot back in the 80's and had gotten thousands of great trail cam pics in there, I will not be hanging a camera in there again.

I have a hunting buddy that puts all his cameras up about ten feet on a tree you need a ladder or steps, and he conceals them pretty well but does not lock them. He lost a few at ground level and this has worked for him.

[J. Cook]

I buy Wildgame Innovations brand cameras from Dick's when they are on sale for $50.  The cameras are surprisingly good...plus, if one does disappear, it's not the end of the world.  I really try to simply hang them in places where they won't be stolen.  I wouldn't hang one on public land - period.  

If I ever get to where it takes maximum effort to put out a trail camera, I'll simply stop using them.  Hunted for years without them with no issue.

[Nantahala Nut]

I checked my camera yesterday and it had been tampered with. Someone turned it 180 degrees around and secured it to the tree again. Weird that they didn't take it. Even stranger cause I've never come across any sign of another hunter.

[TradBrewSC]

Dang guys, I guess have always been fortunate enough to be able to hunt on private land but have only had one camera disappear over ten years and I run a lot of them..

[bucknut]

I made rods with a swivel on the top where the camera goes. This makes them very easy to hide in the brush. had people walk within feet of them and never knew they were there. I have noticed the strap is how most people find them.

[joe ashton]

I went to the hardware store and got ten feet of braided cable with loops in the ends ( one for each camera) then use them to lock the cameras to the trees.  Keeps an honest man honest.

[Pine]

Originally posted by Sockrsblur:
From what I just read there is a pet microchip implanted between shoulder blades the size of a rice grain but it's not gps it's only scanned for ID information. You can't scan it if you can't find it. The only locating pet thing I see is a GPS like collar to big for trail camera application. Anything else I missed? I stopped hanging them where they disappear... stinks but o well.

The DNR in Michigan use the implant chips in Turkeys .
They use them to catch poachers . They are not GPS , they are directional . They can just drive down the road and find a signal .
Heard of one family getting busted when they sat down to eat the bird . Even was still working after being cooked .