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Trail cam stolen

Post by AusC » 25 Mar 2015, 7:31 pm

I've been leaving it out every trip for about 4 years.

Yesterday was the day, returned to the tree and came had been cut off and taken.

Done from VIC state forest. ******.
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by KWhorenet » 25 Mar 2015, 7:47 pm

shame it didn't send you an SMS image of the scumbag
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by bigfellascott » 25 Mar 2015, 8:09 pm

Yeah that's the risk you have to be prepared to take mate, sad as that is. :thumbsdown:
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Chronos » 25 Mar 2015, 8:14 pm

KWhorenet wrote:shame it didn't send you an SMS image of the scumbag



This ^^^ then you could shame him on all the aussie forums :thumbsup:

out of interest, how well hidden was it? camo? up high or at ground level?

sorry to hear mate, Chronos
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by AusC » 26 Mar 2015, 2:56 pm

Not the end of the world. Just s**t that people will do it.

Was an old one that cost $200 or thereabouts. Worthless to them for resale, will probably end up in the bin :problem:

Only moderately camouflaged. Chest height in the recess of a knot on a tree. A little moss and debris around it.

I've had people walk past before, one bloke waved and kept moving. First loss of one.
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Khan » 26 Mar 2015, 2:56 pm

Bugger.

These are the times we live in :(
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Press » 30 Mar 2015, 2:52 pm

Bummer mate :(
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Rocker » 31 Mar 2015, 1:41 pm

Sucks.

Hopefully the next cam catches him.
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Jorge in Oz » 01 Apr 2015, 12:00 pm

Not only camera thieves but oxygen thieves too.

I hate thieves.
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Seconds » 01 Apr 2015, 1:49 pm

Of the repeat thieves I've encountered none of them even had it any good.

It's not Oceans Eleven and they're all toasting to their millions after a heist. They're in the s**t for all the times they've got caught.

Just get a damn job. Life would be 10x better.
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by RealNick » 01 Apr 2015, 2:23 pm

Gotta get serious about the camo for the next one :(
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Pom » 02 Apr 2015, 10:16 am

Someone needs to make one in a steel case with some chain straps.
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Re: Trail cam stolen

Post by Grated » 02 Apr 2015, 10:49 am

Pom wrote:Someone needs to make one in a steel case with some chain straps.


I bumped into a guy in my LGS who had done a DIY option for this.

He had a metal tray of some kind, no idea what it was originally for but like a plastic take away rectangle container.

Had holes on both sides top and bottom for a steel cable and a larger hole in the middle for the lense.

Put the cam in the container then cabled it on with no slack so you couldn't get it out.
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