To the thief who stole my locked up stand, ladder, and camera in Kinnelon.

[archer36]

12 hours ago, vdep217 said:

Is it on county or town land?  Just curious as some county land pulls them if left dome towns do as well on town land 

Good point. 

[Fred Flintstone]

The Thief  probably  won't see see Thread as a member or as a Guest. 

 If he is Stealing-- guarantee he is Taking over the Limit as far as Deer,Turkeys,etc and staying off all Social Media.

  Probably  the only way to catch this type of Thief is to get out at Dawn from Monday to Thrusday and catch them in the act.

[DV1]

That stinks. I was out yesterday prepping some trees. Put some cams out a few days last week. Woods is hot and buggy, not my favorite time but it has to get done. Have to be pretty determined to go out and steal a stand now. 

[Boykin Runner]

Man that sucks.  sorry to hear ! I was thinking about not setting up stands and just use day of climber because of this kind of BS !  I hate doing that because its to much when your trying to be stealthy ! Hopefully you tag a big one in that spot anyway !

[Septicdude]

On 7/25/2022 at 12:25 PM, NorthJerseyMike said:

May you get struck by lightning, fall out of the tree and have bad things happen to you.  

That sucks had it happen plenty of times and on private only.  I have a cam you can have if your local to the harmony or clinton area you can have it.  PM me if interested.

[Kype]

i have had many items stolen over the years. it always amazes me the guts they have to steal and not be worried about being caught. 

now i carry out whatever i carry in. but im a meat hunter. so im not much into the gear as the guy who is hunting a certain buck. 

i carry a climber, and my bow and set up shop for a few hours. 

i hope you catch the guy and get your stuff back. 

[Gunsmoke]

I for one would never consider stealing a stand and hunting out of it.  Not the way karma does a 360.

[barrike]

That sucks!  A few years back I hung a stand in July on public land.  I was 100 yards from the nearest trail.  I went back a week later to put on a few straps I had forgotten, and some jerk stole my ladder!  The stand was still there because I had a chain and lock on it.  Now I lock up everything.  Some people are just jerks.

[JD48]

No doubt it sucks, but it's been going on forever, back to the days of permeant stands, people would knock them down, saw halfway through the steps, knock the railings off, remove a few steps, etc., anything left in the woods is a gamble

[Bucksnbows]

I'm unsure why so many hunters that have stands, feeders or cameras stolen assume they were taken by a fellow hunter.  No hunter I have ever known stole from other hunters that I was ever aware of.  But I do know young kids that used to walk the fence between "their woods" and a land trust and take every trail cam they found just because they were kids.  I have seen some land trusts including NJ Audubon stack up stands left beyond whatever dates they tell you to remove your stand with very few hunters coming back to claim them.  And I have seen anti hunters damage or remove stands and cams as well simply because they hate hunting and have no idea what they are doing is illegal or they simply don't care it is.  Yes, I'm sure some of the stuff we have all had stolen was done by a fellow hunter, but I doubt it's as high a percentage as many feel it is.   

[JD48]

12 minutes ago, Bucksnbows said:

I'm unsure why so many hunters that have stands, feeders or cameras stolen assume they were taken by a fellow hunter.  No hunter I have ever known stole from other hunters that I was ever aware of.  But I do know young kids that used to walk the fence between "their woods" and a land trust and take every trail cam they found just because they were kids.  I have seen some land trusts including NJ Audubon stack up stands left beyond whatever dates they tell you to remove your stand with very few hunters coming back to claim them.  And I have seen anti hunters damage or remove stands and cams as well simply because they hate hunting and have no idea what they are doing is illegal or they simply don't care it is.  Yes, I'm sure some of the stuff we have all had stolen was done by a fellow hunter, but I doubt it's as high a percentage as many feel it is.   

Probably more so-called hunters than what you'd like to believe, I know when i was a kid trapping, it was always other trappers stealing traps

[fab]

the one park i hunted i had the straps  of the sticks cut twice ( only bottom 2 ) 

 

i had the cam taken off the tree twice ,  i did have about 8 chips taken.   was hikers and non hunters using park.   and trails....LOL....im 130 and 180 yards off 2 trails in thorns.   you wouldn't believe the amt of ppl that walk the woods...

[FeniQuest217]

I bet it was a bunch of bears!!! Damnit Murphy!!!

[kohunter]

The WMA I hunt,you better get your stuff out of the woods before 6 Day,or it will be stolen.

[electric10162]

59 minutes ago, Bucksnbows said:

I'm unsure why so many hunters that have stands, feeders or cameras stolen assume they were taken by a fellow hunter.  No hunter I have ever known stole from other hunters that I was ever aware of.  But I do know young kids that used to walk the fence between "their woods" and a land trust and take every trail cam they found just because they were kids.  I have seen some land trusts including NJ Audubon stack up stands left beyond whatever dates they tell you to remove your stand with very few hunters coming back to claim them.  And I have seen anti hunters damage or remove stands and cams as well simply because they hate hunting and have no idea what they are doing is illegal or they simply don't care it is.  Yes, I'm sure some of the stuff we have all had stolen was done by a fellow hunter, but I doubt it's as high a percentage as many feel it is.   

When we hunted the Gap off Old Mine Road years ago, we were convinced small game hunters were the culprits. Stuff always seemed to disappear soon after opening day pheasant especially since we bowhunted it for at least a month before hand.

Edited July 27, 2022 by electric10162