Spike Camp
Weatherby Nation => Around the Campfire (General Discussion) => Topic started by: grizzly340 on November 01, 2022, 05:51:52 AM
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Last Thur. I noticed 2 of my cell cameras were messed with from behind. They took several pics like someone was moving them. I thought they were either smashed or stolen. Then I thought the same with my pop up blind and chair.
But after a day. My camera's took pics just aimed in different places.
So sat. I drove the 221 miles up north and went to my blind in the dark. Only to find there was no blind or chair. Just my carpet floor over the sand soil.
I had brought up a Spain blind just in case. My cameras were not stolen because I had master python cable locks on them.
I put up my other pop up blind. And aimed a camera at it.
I plan on going back up and adding signs that this blind is being watched by surveillance cameras.
That kind of stuff just makes my blood boil.
I would love to catch them on camera.
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:( >:(
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It almost sounds like someone you know. They knew where the cameras were and took what they could. I had the luck to carch a thief recently trying to steal a 47lb. bag of dog food out of my pick up. I ponged his head off the tailgate. I may have over done that a bit. ;D
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Last year, we had poachers on camera, and they left 4 dead hogs in our property. We found the casing, and all. We turned in all the evidence to the DNR Officer, and we never heard any updates on it. Even with clear pictures of the poachers. I detest thieves.
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Kevin you are right. I do suspect the group of guys that own property close by. They have never messed with me before. But my cameras were both messed with 2 mins apart. On a week day atv12:38
And the blind was steaked down with 18" trapping steaks. They didn't even try to get them out They just tore the blind free of them. They wanted my blind gone. Not in good usable condition.
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Is this a leased property? They may want your lease or access to the hunting there. I'd report it to your DNR and police, you may not be the only victim here.
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It's state land leased by shell oil. There are natural gas wells all through it.
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I'd be careful about leaving anything of value there. I knew a guy that has the same problem. He rented a storage locker near his hunting lease to avoid moving it a bunch.
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FCUK I HATE THEIVES!! >:( >:( >:(
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Hard to believe the cables sopped them. I had a cell camera stolen that was in a lock box and security cable and it was about in the center of a 200 acre lease.
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I was surprised when both cameras took picks after they were messed with. That's why I didn't think they had stold my blind. And I went there with plans on hunting it.
They were just dumb theifs.
I just made 3 warning signs area under servalence. I will pound them in next to the blind.
And of course extra cameras hidden watching the blind.
Claymore Land Minds would be over kill. Lol
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And of course extra cameras hidden watching the blind.
Claymore Land Minds would be over kill. Lol
Not to mention the damage they would do to your blind.
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Maybe better signs to place would state "Not Responsible For Fatal Accidents" and "Enter Area At Your Own Risk"
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Being 1 1/2 to 2 hours away from the lease sure makes it hard for real surveillance, unless you get pictures of the thieves and get the law involved. Theft and destruction of property should carry a heavier fine than it does. Hope you can find out whose responsible.
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Just a thought, maybe the kind of critter traps truck driver+2 suggested in in the thread" just one reason you need guns. Camo them up a bit and who's to say you weren't hunting critters if a thief gets caught.
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I moved a camera for a friend. We had tried 3 places on the ranch and couldn't pick up good enough cell service for it to send pictures. Just for fun I stuck it on the post at the Texas gate at the end of the lane. Figured it would send him pictures of vehicles coming in the lane. It takes a picture every time a vehicle goes down the highway but never catches it so sends the same picture of the empty road every time.
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Yes I love the movie Night Of The Grizzly.
Clint walker sets a trap for the Bear. But his old freind now Enemy. Keeps triggering his traps.
So he sets a big bear dbl long spring out side the trap.
Sees him at the lake soaking his ancle.
Says funny thing I set a trap for a bear and caught me a skunk. All while looking at his boots with holes from the trap.
Then says shame about these boots this one's plumb ruined. Then throws them both in the Lake.
That's where my way of thinking cones from.
My first thought was to electrify the zipper on the blind.
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Catching the game warden could get ugly. ;D
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Unfortunately there are a lot of a-holes out there, we are not allowed any geme cams used for hunting public lands in my state that electronically transmit back pictures to another location, new law here. we could go to any of bunch of different G&F trick tanks and find a dozen or more games cameras set up on the fence's, it got stupid so G&F and hunters got tired of it and disallow games cams for hunting, now you can still use them for photography and be legal, yea like that is going to stop people from using them for hunting. Anyway if it were me I would set up multiple hidden cams and catch the sucker and turn them into the authorities.
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My area we have just shy of 8 month hunting season and are allowed rimfires. If you can get close enough to them I would use a 22 mag with a heavier bullet, they are not a large animal and the ones we have shot with high velocity centerfires have usually ended in a mess , get them close enough a good shotgun can be pretty good just so long as he is not in your lap shooting distances. We have called them in with hand and old tape callers just have to be patient and call times can vary , they usually are watching you or in your direction long before you see them, i've had them come in while calling and a big male was watching a rabbit as it were walking right out in front and got wacked with a 110 gr sierra HP in 308, what a mess. big cat probably should have let it pass. some of my friends have gone to savage 24's or baikal's over /under shotgun /rifle barrels more so for foxes but also other predators for close in barrel and longer range barrels, my friends use some type of scope mounted, they figure if a fox is close enough you are just going to sight down the barrel anyway at these in your lap distances.
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I am heading back up tomorrow to put my signs up and put a old garbage picked office chair in my blind. That I use to use before my boys bought me the blackout hunting chair. Basdards
That is the only thing I really will miss.
And sense the acorn crop failed I am also putting up another blind deep in the hard woods by a marsh.
I will have a camera covering blind and trail if possible.