flyinpro
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I know this could be a laughable subject, does anyone place their cameras on public land? What are some hints or techniques you guys use to reduce the possibility of having your cameras stolen?
Only 2 years experience here but been running cameras on very heavily pressured public for those last 2 years and leave them out all year just to help scout new areas. I have 10 cameras (several cell cams and some regular cheap ones). No cams stolen yet; just one memory card taken out (that still hurt cuz It was a few months of data). They probably would've taken the cam too but it was cable locked. I try to hang them 8-10 feet off the ground with a climbing stick and angle them down a little. And I have cable locks for about half of them. I try not to put them on very obvious trails. My policy is as soon as I get a human on camera, its time to move that camera.I know this could be a laughable subject, does anyone place their cameras on public land? What are some hints or techniques you guys use to reduce the possibility of having your cameras stolen?
How high off the ground was the camera when they removed the SD card?No cams stolen yet; just one memory card taken out ....... They probably would've taken the cam too but it was cable locked. I try to hang them 8-10 feet off the ground .....
Well.... that day I had forgotten my climbing stick and just hung it as high as I could reach- so it was only about 7 feet high. It was also on a very well defined trail over a very well defined and huge scrape. Learned my lesson.How high off the ground was the camera when they removed the SD card?
Just high enough for Bigfoot photos.I don't hunt public, but some folks take 1 climbing stick out with them. Hang it 2 feet off the ground, step up to top step and hang the camera. 1 stick should get you up over 9 feet
How do you rig them to face downward1 stick high and i have never had one stolen.
You can use a stick behind the top of the camera to get the angle, or you can find a tree that's a little crooked and stick up the back side.How do you rig them to face downward
Yea, I've done that. I've also placed some hidden at the base of a tree going up a ridge. ThanksYou can use a stick behind the top of the camera to get the angle, or you can find a tree that's a little crooked and stick up the back side.