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Trail Cam left on Public Land - view the pics?
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<blockquote data-quote="themanpcl" data-source="post: 5821480" data-attributes="member: 12032"><p>Agree with you. I had a similar issue this year in IL during firearms season. (not so short background) I have hunted in this one public land area for 6 years. All 6 years within 100 yds of my original sit in 2018. I DO NOT think of it as "my spot". I was going to put a couple cams on it before the IL archery season began 2023. I never made it up there before opening weekend so didn't place any. Had I set any, I would have elevated and camouflaged the cams and locked them with a python lock so the only way to get the card would be to break the cable or break the cam. I would have been fine with someone finding the cam and doing what I would do if I found one while scouting, write their phone number down on paper and let the cam take a pic of it. I would then have called the person and had a conversation. It would not have kept me from hunting the area even if he was hunting all archery and firearm season. I would have at a minimum known that there was someone in the area so to be alert. Fast forward to this past season. As I was leaving the area on the last day (usually in before daylight and out after dark) it was still light out, I took a different trail out. I found a cell cam about 400 yds from where I hunt. I was never on that trail so it would not have picked me up. It was not locked so I could have pulled the card but I didn't and wouldn't. Since I was not going to be hunting after that day, I did not leave my number as it would have been a moot point. I will look for it when I scout this year before the season and will leave it then if the cam is there. All this to say, public is open to public hunting. Unless it becomes illegal to use cell cams, I see no issues with their use. Placing a cam just like placing a stand do not constitute "your spot". I think cams like stands should have to be marked with name and phone number and follow the same placement and removal restrictions as stands. If I see a cam or a stand on public land, I'm still going to hunt the area as I would if I saw no cams or stands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="themanpcl, post: 5821480, member: 12032"] Agree with you. I had a similar issue this year in IL during firearms season. (not so short background) I have hunted in this one public land area for 6 years. All 6 years within 100 yds of my original sit in 2018. I DO NOT think of it as "my spot". I was going to put a couple cams on it before the IL archery season began 2023. I never made it up there before opening weekend so didn't place any. Had I set any, I would have elevated and camouflaged the cams and locked them with a python lock so the only way to get the card would be to break the cable or break the cam. I would have been fine with someone finding the cam and doing what I would do if I found one while scouting, write their phone number down on paper and let the cam take a pic of it. I would then have called the person and had a conversation. It would not have kept me from hunting the area even if he was hunting all archery and firearm season. I would have at a minimum known that there was someone in the area so to be alert. Fast forward to this past season. As I was leaving the area on the last day (usually in before daylight and out after dark) it was still light out, I took a different trail out. I found a cell cam about 400 yds from where I hunt. I was never on that trail so it would not have picked me up. It was not locked so I could have pulled the card but I didn't and wouldn't. Since I was not going to be hunting after that day, I did not leave my number as it would have been a moot point. I will look for it when I scout this year before the season and will leave it then if the cam is there. All this to say, public is open to public hunting. Unless it becomes illegal to use cell cams, I see no issues with their use. Placing a cam just like placing a stand do not constitute "your spot". I think cams like stands should have to be marked with name and phone number and follow the same placement and removal restrictions as stands. If I see a cam or a stand on public land, I'm still going to hunt the area as I would if I saw no cams or stands. [/QUOTE]
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