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  1. #51
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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    to the OP. Sounds pretty obvious but don't set your cameras up in spots where there is a good chance of others seeing it. I use relatively inexpensive cameras for two reasons. 1, I can afford more and watch more areas and 2, I can't accept the risk of someone running off with a $500 camera.

    In certain spots, I elevate a couple of mine using screw in tree steps, gets them out of your normal field of view. If I need to leave a camera at eye level to watch a trail, I orient it so anyone walking is unlikely to see it. But in the end, you just can't guarantee some idiot wont destroy or steal it "or salvage it" as hawk-I puts it.

    Like others, I have had bears relocate my cameras so I now wash my hands and de-scent my cameras as best I can.

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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    I just got into the trail cam thing this year. The only person i have caught on camera was some guy snooping around my cabin. The other ones have never been discovered and if they were i would doubt anyone would touch them. I still have faith in mankind!

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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rieber View Post
    Dang it - there is no privacy. Great, now if I crap in the woods is it going up on the Internet?
    No sir! I would keep that in my private archives. Hope that makes you feel better!! j/k

    Funny about that though. My neighbour and fellow HBCer caught me on a cam a few years back and sent me the pic. I had gone #2 right around that same spot. Half wondered if he might have caught it and was saving me the embaressment LOL

    The odds are slim, but the possibility exists enough that I have a look around before dropping a #2 or having a bush nooner

    TBH I don't think anyone would post #2 footage. That ranks about as bad or worse than theft from a respect standpoint and the poster would get eaten alive. Might even be illegal... not sure. I'll still check out the trees to be safe

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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    Yes its true trai cams get stolen all the time,,what I do is put the trail cam in a remote area less chance of it getting stolen
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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rieber View Post
    I would also feel pretty pissed if I found a camera in a spot I like.
    Really?

    If I find a human on the one trail cam I own, I will be SUPER pissed, but then, it’s mounted to my house and faces down into my entirely fenced property posted with no trespassing signage. If I see a camera when I’m hunting on crown land, I have ZERO right to feel upset or infringed upon. Public land is just that. Public! I’ve used permanent tree stands that others have built on public land, and will continue to do so. If you put up a portable stand or blind, I won’t use that, but it certainly wouldn’t stop me from hunting that spot if unoccupied. If you are IN your stand or blind, I’m obviously going to move on and find a new and possibly better spot for that day.

    Thats just how I see it. I know some would feel fine using a portable stand or blind, or even move in to someone’s wall tent if it’s empty and on public land, but to me, that’s just wrong. Public land is for all of us to use, and no single person has any more claim to it than anyone else. First come, first served.

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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    Quote Originally Posted by Wild one View Post
    Oh and Dana if you moon my cam I am posting it on a gay porn site lol

    I might laugh and cringe at the pick but not get mad at all
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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    Yes you stand a chance of getting ripped off. I have a funny story about one of my cams. I went in to check it and as i walked up to the camera i could see toilet paper right beside my mineral rock . So i insert the sd card and i get a picture of a dog on a leash then the next picture is of this gal surveyor pulling up her pants, next picture after that is her seeing my camera with a shocked look on her face. Then there is one when she is calling on her radio to her fellow workers, i am assuming asking what to do, she opened the cam up but closed it and left the sd card in it, i hope to run into her one day and have a good laugh about it
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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    I run 10 -15 trail cams on Ontario public land and (touch wood) never had one stolen. I'm guessing this area gets far more hunting/human pressure than the vast majority of BC public land. Even then I very rarely get other people on camera, despite some of the cams being only 100 - 250 meters from a logging road. Most of my trail cams are located in thick cover/steep terrain/far from trails/roads - the places deer live and people don't travel into. I've only had one SD card stolen in nearly a decade (this fall unfortunately). Most of the people my cams capture appear to have no idea the cams are there - as mentioned before do what you can to hide them. The few people who have noticed them have simply looked at the trail cam and carried on.

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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    Quote Originally Posted by Redthies View Post
    Really?

    If I find a human on the one trail cam I own, I will be SUPER pissed, but then, it’s mounted to my house and faces down into my entirely fenced property posted with no trespassing signage. If I see a camera when I’m hunting on crown land, I have ZERO right to feel upset or infringed upon. Public land is just that. Public! I’ve used permanent tree stands that others have built on public land, and will continue to do so. If you put up a portable stand or blind, I won’t use that, but it certainly wouldn’t stop me from hunting that spot if unoccupied. If you are IN your stand or blind, I’m obviously going to move on and find a new and possibly better spot for that day.

    Thats just how I see it. I know some would feel fine using a portable stand or blind, or even move in to someone’s wall tent if it’s empty and on public land, but to me, that’s just wrong. Public land is for all of us to use, and no single person has any more claim to it than anyone else. First come, first served.
    I know public land is exactly that - public and free for any users to use within the Law. See, I like to hunt where I believe there are no people hunting. I invest a fair bit of time once I decide on an area and I don't want to see any sign of humans in that immediate area. If I find "my" spot is getting other human traffic, I'll find another spot. It's not a big deal but I do get the sense of a lost investment and number of these spots has really diminished since I've come back into the hunt. I'm not physically fit to hike the mountains for mile any more. Terrain is a limiting factor for me as well and thus, I don't like to venture too far from the vehicle. This year my longest trek was 2km away from the vehicle and that was only because my kid was with me and I wanted to show him my old favorite area before I could no longer get myself into there. We came out with a W/T buck so that was a huge success because my kid heard my stories but didn't really believe a place like that existed - well we proved it still existed and was just as exciting as I ever remember.

    When it comes to hunting, I don't trust what the other human is thinking or doing so I don't feel at ease or enjoy myself as it do if I believe I'm completely alone in my immediate vicinity. That's just my preference and the way I am. Whenever I hunt with others, well then that's a slightly different story and at that stage I'm more concerned about the location of the other person as I like doing staggered two-man drives.

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    Re: Trail cams on crown land?

    "Salvage" is a term used by thieves as a substitution for stealing ... it makes them feel better about being a thief.
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