Trail Camera SEcurity

[Deer Wrastler]

yea I know what you mean. Its comforting/reassuring to see the pics. I only hunt private land so when I see the pics its hard to sit and not see anything move sometimes because evidence says they are there so its nice reassurance to keep a keen eye. Then again knowing the deer ARE there my mind plays tricks and every bush or weed looks like a deer after sun down.

Funny story, last time I was walking to the stand I stopped and looked into the ditch. My brain saw a deer bedded down and I was staring it straight in the eye. I saw the whole head and everything. I then pulled my xbow off my back and went to aim only to realize that bedded dear magically turned into a stick and patch of mud. Crazy how the mind plays tricks on you. I can still see the deer bedded down in my mind even tho it was never there.

[bowj]

i started using a trailcam two years ago. i just stick to the cheaper cameras, i dont need all the bells and whistles and if it goes missing im not out a ton of cash. i still saw deer and turkeys and coyotes and racoons etc, even with a cheapy.
i just put a cable lock around it and hope for the best and havent had an issue yet. i had it on public land for months with no issue, but the key is i was not where people typically walk, which is typically where you want to hunt anyways. by the time you put all that security on it, it takes you 30 mins to crack it open and get your pics out (unless its BT or cellular), and than how much scent have you left in the area by than? my attitude might change after one goes missing but until than i will stick with my tactics.

just my thoughts.

[maskedburito]

Anyone use something other than the Python locks? A similar cable lock that might be better or more secure?

I mainly use it for security, I can see theifs cutting the Python locks. I also learned my lesson one day on Bears....

Despite bolting the box to a tree a bear still ripped it down and repeatedly smashed the camera on the ground, in the bear box. I guess it was his idea of fun..... the Python lock helps this.

[trimmer21]

If you leave stuff out unattended,expect it to disappear. It doesn't matter what it is.....decoys,tree stands,cameras....it's just life,always has been,always will be.

[R134guy01]

I had a problem with someone stealing tree stands and game cameras located in my very own property. I used a two prong approach, deterrence and tracking.
First I took one of my old ammo cans, cut opening for the camera to operate, then I used a whole saw and drilled two wholes large enough too thread chain through, using a shielded lock to secure it to the mounting location.

Secondly, I put a small solar cell on the lid of the ammo can that would charge a small cell phone battery pack, which was hooked directly to a pet collar gps tracker.

This set up worked great when I found that my neighbours kid had gone into my bush and taken the chainsaw to cut the cedar tree down that the camera had been mounted to, I simply went to his door rang the door bell, asked for my camera to be returned, he denied that he had it, at which point I simply sent the alert text, which returned me the gps co ordinates, the I simply activated the audible alarm lol.

Needless to say I retrieve two treestands and an additional camera that had been borrowed lol.

The whole set up cost less the 75.00 bucks if u have the ammo can, 100.00 if u don't.


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[Species8472]

All you need to do is use locks that prevent cutting with/by bolt cutters..like this one..There are ones even tighter in the throat so it's impossible to get bolt jaws around the lock shank.

The size of the bolt cutters needed to cut this shank would make them to big to work.

Even this ^^

Is no match for this:





Equipped with a cutoff wheel, both cables and the pad lock can be cut in about 60 seconds.

Trimmer said it best:

If you leave stuff out unattended,expect it to disappear. It doesn't matter what it is.....decoys,tree stands,cameras....it's just life,always has been,always will be.

However the cables/lock will likely prevent those crimes of opportunity. The GPS pet collar sounds like a good idea but I suspect anyone with a bit of intelligence would notice them and leave the GPS/Phone behind.

[Greenhorn]

Buy cameras with security codes,then write code protected. They steal the camera,they get nothing. I haven't lost a camera since I started doing this. Bolt cutters will cut python locks and one bear pulled a lock off,but dropped it at the oil pit.

[MikePal]

They steal the camera,they get nothing.

I think in most cases it's not theft for use, but taken to protect their identity after being caught trespassing.

[hamilton0729]

I always put a sign on the camera asking if they found the other four that are on the path and I haven't lost one yet. No locks or cables.

[trimmer21]

I think in most cases it's not theft for use, but taken to protect their identity after being caught trespassing.

I doubt it's that simple. Why would someone commit a criminal offense (theft,with all the ramifications they carry besides a fine) to avoid a simple trespass charge($75) which isn't a criminal offense? That doesn't make a lot of sense. Concealing their identity,on the other hand,may be more like it for any number of reasons.....like maybe,they're with someone they shouldn't be.