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Trail cameras on public land. what's your take

my take is very likely to get stolen here in MI public land.

With that being said I'm to take one of my cheap cameras this year and put it up high 10-15 ft. We'll see how that goes, if it gets gone so be it, but I'm hoping this will keep it safe.
 
I put mine at least 1 stick height probably about 10-12 feet I leave mine out 365 days a year never had problems have many pictures of people walking back and forth under them never seeing them I use the hme camera arms to attach them to the trees I’m in northern mn
 
I hunt exclusively public land in the the most heavily populated state per capita in the US. I use a DIY screw in mount with cheap cameras. Hang them 12’ or so in dense brush areas off the beaten path. Since doing that no real problems. A buddy of mine uses the password protection on the SD cards. I have two better cams that I use a Python lock on and really try to deploy deep with minimal access. I did see an episode of THP where Warb forgot his key an busted the python lock with his muddy stick in like two swings. I do feel the strap is a dead giveaway. The downside to the screw I hanger is coons messing with it and causing them to point down. I agree that smaller trees keep the bear issue down. Back when I used to hang the low I would get footage of the bears throat while he ate the camera.
 
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