Kelty Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 If you found someone had set up a trail camera on your property without permission what would you do? Take the camera or leave a note for the person to remove it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdwaz Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Take the camera and leave a note on the tree with my phone number. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplitG2 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Take the camera and leave a note on the tree with my phone number. second that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phade Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefbkt Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Take the camera and leave a note on the tree with my number. I would also check the card, delete the pictures, and then replace it. Can't take the chance of there being a big buck on there and enticing them to come back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave6x6 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Take the camera, keep the card and serial # so i can get a name from the manufacturer if he registered his warranty. Leave a note with Sheriff's # where he can pick up the camera and his ticket... Edited July 29, 2012 by dave6x6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny hunter Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I agree take the camera and leave a note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdwaz Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Take the camera and leave a note on the tree with my number. I would also check the card, delete the pictures, and then replace it. Can't take the chance of there being a big buck on there and enticing them to come back. Swap out the card for a customized card with a pic of my azz on it. Edited July 29, 2012 by Lawdwaz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landtracdeerhunter Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Wouldn't anyone call the law right away? Get a report on file in case any problems down the road. Let law enforcement handle. It's their job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 dave6x6 came the closes for a TRESPASSER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerthug Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Take camera, delete pictures, leave note on tree with name and number of local DEC officer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNYBuckHunter Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Swap out the card for a customized card with a pic of my azz on it. You could just wipe the card out, turn the cam back on and moon it, then turn it back off again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggamefish Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I would definatly take the camera and leave a nice note saying that you have it and call them. Tell them a place where you can meet so you can see who it is and get a pic if possible. Then tell them that you don't let people hunt your land and they where tresspassing. From there you can give the camera back or tell them it is at the police or with the DEC. Sometimes it is better to be nice than mean. I say this because if he slipped in on your land once he/she can do it again and if he wants wreck your stuff or take it. If you were nice and he just made a mistake you might make a new friend out of it. I know there are the Aholes out there too but sometimes being nice is the way to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooly Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 It's your land......if you want to leave a long lasting impression and deter future tresspass.....CHOOT IT!!!... and leave the empty shell casing atop the ruins just so he/she know's you mean business! Eventually they'll come back and get the picture! Otherwise, I'd simply add that cam to your arsenal and begin to really keep a closer eye on the access points to the property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erussell Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Make a big sign that says this camera is on posted property next time I take it. Put it on the tree with the camera and check back later if gone good if not take it and report it to the DEC. No need to make problems with the neighbors because during deer season they can make all sorts of problems for you, especially if you own a small parcel of land. I only once went to destroying someone elses property on land I hunt only because the guy was warned twice about putting up permanent tree stands. I think he got the picture when I chopped up his wooden ladder stand and piled it up next to the tree. He never came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I like the "take it and leave a number" the best. Should they call you will know who you are dealing with. DEC report would go well with this for future reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 its probably a neighbor or neighbors kid if close to a line, take it and leave card, you might need to go on their property someday to recover a deer, better to find out who it is first, if its a problem neighbor/stranger contact dec if done again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillJohnson Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 half dozen years ago I was in a feed store and a few young men came in, they found the feed store owner and said they had just come from a local gun shop where the gun shop owner was showing photos of huge bucks and big turkeys and bragging how he was going to kill them that fall. the problem was the gun shop owner had these half dozen cameras set up on the feed store owner's private land , without permission, and did not have permission to hunt it either. the feed store owner went to the gunshop and told the guy the land was now posted and off limits to him. Also the cameras had been turned into the police. Then the feed store owner went to the town clerk and legally posted his land, required in vermont unlike NY where all land is posted automatically, and then he and I put up the dredded posted signs. on my land which is a small 65 acre family farm I turn the non local cameras and stands I find into police, last year 8 tree stands and over a dozen cameras, amazes me since I can't imagine where these people park to get in there. on NY State land I simply notify the local Ranger, some remove the cameras when I show them to them, others decide to leave them, so on NY State land illegal storage of private property like cameras and treestands it depends on the Ranger, and I've noticed where the cameras and stands are placed makes a big difference. In massachusetts which has such ridiculously restrictions on hunting they don't have any restrictions on cameras or treestands on state land at all. Several of my friends there have found cameras on their lands but don't care, they don't post their land and assume people are on it hunting and fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culvercreek hunt club Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Bill, what Ny state land is a ranger taking tree stand off from? Curious because all the state land I have been on allow them to stay up. I have never seen a regulation against cameras either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgil Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I had a trailcam stolen off of my own posted property last year. How's that for ethics. I've been wanting to get another camera for this season, but I hate the thought of having another one stolen. Makes me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culvercreek hunt club Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I had a trailcam stolen off of my own posted property last year. How's that for ethics. I've been wanting to get another camera for this season, but I hate the thought of having another one stolen. Makes me crazy. That is why I just can't bring myself to buy a really nice one. I know gone is gone but it just hurts less...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HectorBuckBuster Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Take the card check the pics delete is return card and then give it a full moon. LOL just kidding. I had someone that works for my dad try and moon on of my camera's a couple years ago. Lucky it was a Moutrie D40 and has a minute delay, so only got him walking away. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNYBuckHunter Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Put this pic on the card, they will never return... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneHunter Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Take the camera and leave a note on the tree with my phone number. Agree ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Put this pic on the card, they will never return... I got a better one if anyone wants it - pictures of my colonoscopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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