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Camera’s Stolen & Airtags

Follow him to Starbucks or wherever lowlifes like him go and just get them back out of his truck. Easy enough to prove they are yours and you can’t steal what already belongs to you. Did someone mention that already? BTW how long will AirTags run for? I assume they have a battery life?
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
This is why I saw the law and cops are dumb, in this instance. If there’s a problem solve it yourself then call the cops to clean up the mess since they didn’t want to work to avoid such things. Now main question is are cell cameras worth it for all that? I’d say definitely not. Property isn’t human life. Charge it to the game and move on and know now cops are never the first answer. And it’s crap like this why people have lost all reason and hope with cops. May be a location thing bc I know here in LA DNR would retrieve the camera with that kind of proof. Either way if the law perpetuates criminals to be criminals then they shouldn’t be surprised when good citizens take the law into their own hands.
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Don’t really agree that the police are the problem. In our state especially, the criminals now seem to have
More rights than the victims. I see it and work in it every day. Our officers are still trying to process accusatory statements and other instrumentalities of justice…. meanwhile bail reform laws and other pro-criminal policies have those that should be incarcerated right back on the streets. All of these “policies” are now starting to come home to roost. That’s what we are seeing the manifestation of in my opinion. In fact I’ll go on to say they are not policies at all….. they are just pure evil intentions.
 
Seeing as you can't touch him legally, how about a civil action. Got a friend who's an attorney? You've got some legal proof. Depose him. 'Course I could be full of baloney. We're always taught to not to take things into our own hands. I'd find out my options.
 
According to some quick internet research Michigan - where I’m guessing this incident took place, has banned use of trail cameras on public land during the off season. This probably accounts for why law enforcement is unwilling to pursue the claim.
 
While the vigilante justice would be warranted. What do you know about the thief. Are the mentally stable? Will they shoot you if your messing around on their property? With all the stuff in the news I would just let it go. No trail cam or treestand is worth it.
In my younger days I probanly would've done something rash and stupid, but now I have a family and ppl depend on me to come home at the end of the day. Just my $0.02
 
If you know the address you can easily get his name. And it’s not difficult to file something on your own for conversion. Ask for damages in the amount of the cameras and punitive damages of 10k or so, and then any other remedies in law or equity the court finds appropriate. That’s what I’d do anyways. This statement is my opinion only and is not to be construed as legal advice.
 
Silvio,

Sorry for your luck with the trail cams my friend. Theft is just one of many reasons I avoid them anymore. I do applaud your response to this though. Take the high road, let him think he's getting away with it, and as someone else said, if he gets to feeling safe and deploys them back out into use, use the location information the air tag gives you and reacquire them. Good luck this season!
 
I would say if he doesn't try to redeploy them in the next month or so I might just leave a nice anonymous letter on everything I know about him and what he did, maybe include a photo or two of his face and his name in there too, ask if he is just gonna store them in his truckbed from now on etc etc. That should cost him a couple of nights rest wondering and you have committed no crime or risked any confrontation.
 
I had 2 trail cams stolen last year. Even though I was mad as hell(mostly about the lost info on the sd cards) I just let it go and moved on. It's not worth my time and energy. I have much more important things to worry about than a couple of cheap trail cams. Like being on the winning team in this years contest by shooting a 38 pointer :tearsofjoy:
 
Air tag batteries are supposed to last for a year. The Love of My Life has one stuck in a pouch on my saddle (yes she tracks me LOL), so she knows where to send help If I don't come home. Gives her piece of mind, which means more hunting time for me.
 
You guys do realize that air tags are not GPS capable and rely on nearby iPhones to track them. Unless you have an iPhone WITH signal nearby, they are useless for tracking your location in the woods. Just clarifying the myth, based on that last post. They are more of an urban tool.
 
Bwhana said:
You guys do realize that air tags are not GPS capable and rely on nearby iPhones to track them. Unless you have an iPhone WITH signal nearby, they are useless for tracking your location in the woods. Just clarifying the myth, based on that last post. They are more of an urban tool.
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You are correct. I should have added that as long as my phone is on me and has power she can see a dot where I'm at. I keep a charged battery pack in my pack and charging cable, and I don't let my phone get below 50%, that was part of the deal. Battery pack comes out the pack at the end of the day, my release gets wrapped around it and is put on the charging cable in the Jeep. Adding them back to my pack before the next hunt is part of my PCC/PCI's.
I also send he a pin when when I actually climb, as I usually don't know where I'll end up each day.
 
goodfelg said:
You are correct. I should have added that as long as my phone is on me and has power she can see a dot where I'm at. I keep a charged battery pack in my pack and charging cable, and I don't let my phone get below 50%, that was part of the deal. Battery pack comes out the pack at the end of the day, my release gets wrapped around it and is put on the charging cable in the Jeep. Adding them back to my pack before the next hunt is part of my PCC/PCI's.
I also send he a pin when when I actually climb, as I usually don't know where I'll end up each day.
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Just playing devils advocate here, but wouldn’t your charged IPhone do the same as an AirTag? All you have to do is share your location right?


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