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Do you know these two? Shawnee State Forest

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roosterstraw

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This is in Shawnee State Forest in Ohio. I had three trail cameras in this particular area. One of them went missing. The one that went missing is about 50 yards from these two cameras. These two were tampered with, pictures stolen, and no longer took pictures after they were messed with. I’d like to have a chat with these guys to get my camera back if you know who they are. I work my tail off for what I have and don’t appreciate two young punks messing with or taking what’s not theirs. I’ve hunted this spot for 3 years and never even had anyone else ever mess with my stuff. Don't touch what’s not yours and especially don’t take what’s not yours. Don’t be like these two.
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thedutchtouch said:
There's a few. Unfortunately shaming is pretty much all they are used for, whether it's deserved or not.
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Yeah that’s partly why I’ve stayed away from the major social media platforms. The undeserved shaming is for sure a problem. But exposing faces like this, especially with stolen property with probable values well over $100, should happen.
 
BuckTown said:
Yeah that’s partly why I’ve stayed away from the major social media platforms. The undeserved shaming is for sure a problem. But exposing faces like this, especially with stolen property with probable values well over $100, should happen.
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Agreed. Bad part is they’re saddle hunters. Decked out in well over $1000 worth of gear. They know how much this stuff costs and the effort that goes into hunting public land. Such a shame.
 
There are some shawnee state park Facebook groups out there. May be worth making a Facebook account to post it. Facebook is huge, those dbags can get spread pretty far on Facebook.
 
Just got back from Shawnee, hunted the 7th-12th. Ran into some guys at state park campground bragging about how they had pulled a card on a camera that had a good buck on it. These guys don’t fill the bill but still ****ty how that’s someone’s first idea when running across a cam on public ground. Sportsmanship is a lost value. I had my dealings with it….
 
roosterstraw said:
Agreed. Bad part is they’re saddle hunters. Decked out in well over $1000 worth of gear. They know how much this stuff costs and the effort that goes into hunting public land. Such a shame.
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You seem like a great guy who tries to find the best in people, even when you’ve been wronged, but please don’t confuse yourself or anyone else with amiable assumptions about what these dudes must know or care about simply because their kit is similar to ours. The bad part really is that everyone and their brother is a “saddle hunter” now. Gotta “run” all the best “mobile hunting gear” and really “get back there on public” to feel good about themselves, to measure their manhood against others and then add a few sixteenths of an inch, if jah feel me. Thing is, the kind of harness you hunt from says NOTHING about your character. These guys may be wearing saddles, aka “saddle hunters”, but they do NOT fit the description of any of the characters from SaddleHunter I’ve come to appreciate. The guys I know and identify as “saddle hunters” are really “hunters” and “good people” first, who constantly share their time and ideas with others for free, and use the gear they NEED regardless if it’s top-dollar or dollar-store, not just what will make them feel well-liked. They congratulate others on their success and motivate still others to find success when the streak is cold. And no true hunter would do what these clowns do (likely not their first nor last such occasion), nor do I believe they actually know what it takes to hunt public land, or they would do THAT instead of cheating. Who knows? Maybe they’re great hunters who have killed a pile of deer based on their own merits as woodsmen on public ground; more likely they’re a couple of YouTube watching buffoons who spend more money and time dressing up as hunters than actually pursuing game and using that fancy gear in the spirit of woodsmanship, self-improvement, and sportsmanship. These guys aren’t hunters of any kind and if being a “saddle hunter” was truly anything like that I wouldn’t want to be identified as such. You would do yourself and the “real” saddle hunters a disservice to classify your nemeses as you would classify yourself.
Sucks your stuff got tampered with. But I’m holding hope that you shoot a giant on the same piece of public land, without even needing your cameras’ help, in spite of Itchy and Scratchy or any other clownshoe cheater.
 
Zero One Actual said:
That's Cam Hanes and Joe Rogan. Well, it's their bi product of brainless zombie followers who apparently do whatever they want when they want because #theworldismine.

Remove your game cams. Set them up wherever the primary parking area is and get them and their vehicle there. PM me after that's done.
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That’s a great idea. However, there’s no doubt it would be stolen even if I put it 10-12ft with a cable lock.
 
First off, what a couple of d-bags. Some folks improve with age, let's hope they do.

This doesn't help you now, but I camo'd my cameras (paint and a q tip). I hang them high (1 stick with a 1 step aider plus reaching high). I angle them down with a camo'd wood wedge (DIY door stop with a hole drilled in it for cord and sponge paint). I use camo elastic cord to hang the cams and wedge.

I ran 13 of these for a year on public and not a single person looked up and saw them. A few black bear did though. I put a few on trails to know where people were going.
 
2 questions: is this public land? And is it legal for cameras on it in your state?. If it’s public land then you shouldn’t be surprised, dbags they are for sure, but if you put gear out on public land I’d say you’re asking for it to go missing. And if it’s not legal then it shouldn’t be there anyways. It’s a shame bc people should do the right thing but also don’t give people a door to open then be surprised when someone opens it. If you left money in your front yard, yes the person to take it would be wrong but come on, don’t be stupid. Everything should be done to keep honest people honest, if you have the opportunity for someone to make the wrong choice then you better bet money the wrong choice will be made.
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
2 questions: is this public land? And is it legal for cameras on it in your state?. If it’s public land then you shouldn’t be surprised, dbags they are for sure, but if you put gear out on public land I’d say you’re asking for it to go missing. And if it’s not legal then it shouldn’t be there anyways. It’s a shame bc people should do the right thing but also don’t give people a door to open then be surprised when someone opens it. If you left money in your front yard, yes the person to take it would be wrong but come on, don’t be stupid. Everything should be done to keep honest people honest, if you have the opportunity for someone to make the wrong choice then you better bet money the wrong choice will be made.
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Shawnee state forest is just a few miles outside a minor city, Portsmouth, OH thats on a major drug route coming out of detroit. The local walmart just did a remodel where a lot of stuff just went into security cases.

No restrictions on cameras here in Ohio.

This crap goes on private properties as well. So its just a judgment call on where you can trust leaving equipment.
 
SNIPERBBB said:
Shawnee state forest is just a few miles outside a minor city, Portsmouth, OH thats on a major drug route coming out of detroit. The local walmart just did a remodel where a lot of stuff just went into security cases.

No restrictions on cameras here in Ohio.

This crap goes on private properties as well. So its just a judgment call on where you can trust leaving equipment.
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Dang, and yeah had to ask eh it’s one of those things to which I always say, “some people just suck”. I have guys and a friend that complains he loses at least a camera every year and it’s not legal for public here in Louisiana but I always tell him, you complaining about losing a camera on public land is like a drug dealer calling the cops bc someone stole his drugs. The cameras shouldn’t be there in the first place. But for legal states I get it but at the same time like it’s public land I don’t leave anything on public and if I did it would be counted as lost before it even got left, legal or not.
 
I agree that any camera I put on public is potentiality gone, but I'd still be upset if/when it happens. I just hate thieves and I would do whatever I could to catch them on principle alone.

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If I was having this problem I think I'd go the other direction and make the cameras look like they belong to the local wildlife enforcement...here the are called fwc officers. Write on there property of FWC and maybe something else that looks official. Might work might not but could be worth a shot?..... Cable locks probably help too.

I personally never had a camera taken. I would hang them 10-12 foot up...I've given up on cameras now regardless so I don't need to worry
 
Here a cool trick for when setting cameras up high....it can be difficult to know where it's aiming when setting the camera up high like that.....turn the camera on ur phone and flip it to selfie mode and hold the phone up to the trail camera face lining up the rear facing camera on the phone in line with the trail camera....the phone screen shows u where the trail cam aiming
 
Weldabeast said:
Here a cool trick for when setting cameras up high....it can be difficult to know where it's aiming when setting the camera up high like that.....turn the camera on ur phone and flip it to selfie mode and hold the phone up to the trail camera face lining up the rear facing camera on the phone in line with the trail camera....the phone screen shows u where the trail cam aiming
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Boy, you sharper than the avg marble!! ;)
 
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