MISSING Trail Camera: How I Found it? What Did the SD Card Reveal?

[@tonywoody5696]

I had tick problems on My deer as bad as the first video. How I took care of that problem was I took a cattle rub and soaked it in diesel, tied it up between 2 trees and poured a bag of corn under it. I hung a camera to see if the deer acted strange to the diesel and after the first couple deer showed up, they didn't pay any attention to it. It worked in less than 2 weeks most all ticks were gone. I figured if it worked on cows it would work on deer and it did. I soak it up with a garden sprayer half full of diesel every year around April and reapply it every other month. It just smells like an old tractor for the most part and We know how deer act around tractors left in the field. Just thought I would share! GL to all this season! Thanks!

[@philipwethington7965]

I have heard of this and it does work.

[@cissiepierce664]

Great idea!

[@stemtostern7611]

Back before game cameras I had found a spot just looking at the management aerial photos in North Florida I saw a spot that caught my eye. Wow! Looks like a island in the middle of these trees. It was a walk and then some to get to it. Maybe a couple miles just getting through the brush and low lying area swamp. I may never find this place? Then I saw a opening Beautiful deer hog heaven. Ho lee Chite! This is great and getting away from the crowd. Looking around I found a roller and diesel fuel project hanging low and covered in rags.I hunted that area a coule times but it was a pain in the ass. Who ever placed that in the woods had put a great deal of effort into making that his or her spot . I never saw any tracks going in into that location.

[@roadkillavenger1325]

Those are tumors on that buck.

[@stimulatemysoul]

Lol! Those animals always seem to find that camera! It's as though they are looking to be discovered....😊

[@sharonbyars3493]

81 yr, can’t get out of the house anymore. You’ll never know how much I appreciate nature and wild life film👵🏻😻🐾

[@meredithaherntamilio4553]

Blessings to u and I know your pain of not being able to get outside ,it's bad ,worst cabin fever in the world but when we have great creators that bring us footage to watch ,I know that it makes my whole day go better ,I even watch the older videos that I've already watched 😂hay if it puts a smile on my face than the creator has done their job ,bless all the creators that bring us out with them ,its a real good thing to be able, to have a real smile . Thank u for sharing your comment with us all, I do hope more people will text their experiences and the creators continue to show us the simple beauty of mother nature ! ‼️😁🙏

[@unapologeticallyauthentic]

Awe...❤

[@olivejuice2024]

I love watching all the channels that have wildlife cameras, and especially the cameras in the ocean. Enjoy and bless you!!! ❤

[@grayfox1422]

You might consider a low maintainence bird breed for a pet and companionship. They can be sources of brilliant but natural behaviors and their size keeps food and care costs low. You might get some local children to help or even get their suggestions depending on what characteristics you benefit from as animals of incredible variety exist and they can bring great joy into our lives!!

[@raptureangel5409]

Nice!!!!!!!! Means alot to him!

[@barryfinley8140]

I want to thank you for the video. IT TOOK ME AWAY FROM THE POLITICAL WHO HA AND THE MESS WE ARE IN. GOD BLESS US ALL!

[@rickreese5794]

💯👍😎👌

[@patriciabajcer8930]

Thank you! I,too, have been tuning in for the past week to only non political channels. I have grown weary of our former President and whatever crazy thing he does next. And, though I cast my ballot a week ago-I now feel I am watching nature since there is less Machiavellian machinations-tho Nature is just as brutal as any politician I’ve observed in close to 73 yrs (I’m 78 but my family was so political that I can tell you about my grandmother’s complaints about HST when I was 4). Much more soothing to watch a raccoon steal a trail cam than to watch Clarence Thomas steal trips and accommodations and houses and money.

[@keithwyman9825]

​@@patriciabajcer8930God bless President Trump and the USA

[@CrenshawMafia7]

I sat a camera on the embankment of the road going through my property checked it a week later camera was gone went down the road another 80 yards found it laying in the middle of my road facing up. I was pissed who had the nerve to come on my property and move my stuff. Checked the videos all you see is teeth and hear crunching the camera falls and a coyote is staring into the lens lol. Best video I ever had.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Haha! That’s great. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

lol nice for family gatherings 😊

[@patroberts5449]

Our son was camping with his friend and those whiley ole coyotes came right outside his tent and grabbed his portable one burner cook stove in a mesh bag and last he heard it was headed off into the brush😂😂😂

[@grayfox1422]

I loved the legs of a passing deer and the bird looking for ground food such as insects the best. The wildlife acting naturally is always fun to see!

[@bobybarra3096]

Feel like in a foxhole with perimeter security Intel scout. Oh oh see a worm squirming, infantry guard duty...USA perimeter

[@GoMidwestFishing]

Great detective work Dave. I think that camera just sold itself. That was a true durability test.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

You’re right. Thanks for watching Rande 👍

[@micheledavis3735]

That was a pathetically skinny deer...poor thing. Trail ams are really amazing.

[@kelvin0689]

Dave, you must've hit the KZbin algorithm just right with this video. 1/4 million views already!

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Haha! I reckon? I’m not complaining 😁👍

[@GardenTractorBoy]

We are pleased that none of our cameras have gone missing. The TC22 seems like a very good camera and the surprise footage was great

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@bernardhossler2038]

I've lost multiple cameras to thieves. So I set up backup cameras higher in the trees pointing down to the other cameras. Low and behold we caught night poachers. Game dog was happy with those videos and so was I 👍

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Good advice 👍

[@regularguy6501]

I use cable locks to secure my trailcams.​@@HuntingFarmerOfficial

[@hectorpotnoodle6927]

@@HuntingFarmerOfficialJust buy a cheap Airtag and place it inside, it will notify you when it’s moved and you can track it.

[@robb4044]

I have had a trail camera stolen many years ago. I recently put a new one up and my wife and I enjoy watching the video clips of the wildlife. Great video.

[@deidrabrey4043]

We live on 4 acres and have "flooded the zone" with trail cams on about one acre of our wooded and native landscaped boundary. We love the wildlife videos but also do it for trespassing security. The plethora of trail cams have had quite a chilling effect on the neighboring trespassers. But not until we had achieved an array of "cameras in depth." Once they realized we had cameras watching cameras like Hunting Farmer, they gave up. The last video of them near our boundary was on a day several months ago when the lady came up to our fence line and pretended to be probing the ground for something for two hours but in reality she was inventorying and mapping our cameras. Haven't seen them on a camera since except for purely incidental shots taken 100 feet away. I think they were seriously considering doing a trail cam raid until they realized our set up.

[@jeffsorensen914]

The woman probing the ground was probably looking for magic mushrooms. Silacyben (misspelled) mushrooms. Research it.

[@deidrabrey4043]

@@jeffsorensen914 Understand. I think she was pretending to look for her downspout pipe. She had a few on our land and we had a devil of a time getting them off our land. She could use some magic mushrooms IMHO LOL

[@bondpit8750]

@@deidrabrey4043Downspout pipe? How close is her house to your property line? I take it your the new neighbor who bought vacant land they probably hiked, hunted and played on until you bought it.

[@deidrabrey4043]

@@bondpit8750 Bingo. That's right. I left that out as it seemed like TMI. But yes the original owner next door buried their downspout pipes to run all the way onto the adjacent, undeveloped (at the time) lot which we then bought nine years later. We found the new owners out there looking for them and servicing one of them so we asked them to relocate them which they did not. Se we did. Anyway she appears to be looking for more or acting like she is looking for one as cover to check out our cameras. Their house is 100 feet from the property line which is all down hill for them. The old adjacent neighbors and many people in the neighborhood likely played on our lot before our builder bought it and built on it. But now we own it and have fenced that proper line and removed their encroachments and posted it with No Trespassing signs. Once the cameras went in the adjacent neighbors have remained away from that boundary. Funny thing is the only people showing interest in our property are the people who moved in after us who did not have a pre-existing track record of use other than those buried pipes which they could not even find in one case.

[@frankiebluej6902]

Ha! You caught me. Head was sideways! Lol! Thanks for the screen rotation. ❤

[@TimTriesThings]

Is anyone else enamored by the way HuntingFarmer enunciates and pronounces his words? Good stuff, this has 100% convinced me to get some trail cams for the family cabin.

[@tmaddrummer]

Raccoons are thieves. While on a camping trip many years ago, the raccoons got into a metal cooler with a twist lock on it, and they chowed down on my ribs and eggs. They are smart! This was a fantastic video! Thanks and Blessings!

[@farnorthgirlvbackus542]

We had one of our 16 game cameras stolen...or so we thought for over a year. We were hiking in the same area about 16 months later and found our camera! After being subjected to two Alaskan winters the camera no longer functioned but the SD card retained the images. The "thief" was a black bear. We got some interesting photos of its mouth and head before he left it and moved on. The only other images were of the ground but we were very happy to find out it wasn't a two-legged thief in the wilderness.

[@kevinasbery6119]

I had a camera and a pop up blind stolen from my friend’s hunting property once. I had gone down to the property to check cameras and set up the blind two weeks before opening day of black powder season. When we got there the day before to get ready to hunt, we went to check all of the cameras and saw that my camera and blind were gone. After talking with some friends in the area they said that there was a guy that was known for stealing from several places around there to support his drug addiction. One large cattle producer said that they had seen him on there cameras on their property with the bed of his truck loaded with several items that belonged to the ranch. The sheriff was called and given photos and videos of him but did nothing. So now I have Python lock cables on all of my cameras.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences 👍

[@michaelbroderick3822]

Sorry to hear that. We have the same issues with the Sheriff here. That's why I Python lock all my cameras as well.

[@Kathy-b9y]

So exhausting and expensive to enjoy anything these days. Even just watching nature. The sad thing is people pay for something obviously stolen. Enablers

[@arectechafterwork9772]

That will give a real sinking feeling when things come up missing. I would have thought it would be his bigger cousin. Glad you found it and working still at that. 😊😊

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@pseay8111]

@@HuntingFarmerOfficial need link to trail camera, please. We enjoyed watching this one and we are in the market for a new camera.

[@davidbeuke6822]

I bought my first trail cam 1 year ago after my house cat got away on a camping trip to Brown County state park. I secured mine to a tree with a gun lock and curly cable bike lock. Its amazing what comes and looks at the camera. Great video.

[@moo_poo288]

Many micro life visible. Worms, spiders and other creepy crawlers. Plus the furry ones also. You’ve been blessed with much life on your land. Thanks for sharing

[@haukepowers-l3i]

the amount of wildlife in your area is awesome !! You are sooooo blessed !! the small deer herd feeding looked so peaceful...

[@wiseguysoutdoors2954]

That woodcock capture was the neatest thing!!

[@claudebylion9932]

I am in England and am envious of you having so many wild creatures roaming around your property. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍👍👍👍

[@mikeyoung9810]

England is so densely populated compared to most of the US. That has to limit wild life in many ways.

[@ginnyleedays]

I appreciate your videos been stuck in the house sick, so calming ❤️it is a blessing to see such beauty

[@StizelSwik]

72 1/2 yo now but have no car to get around, so I'm pretty much home bound... no, I can't walk like I used to.... So, I too, thank you for sharing this nature adventure with us! I'm really glad you got your camera back.

[@mikeyoung9810]

69 here and in the same boat. :)

[@daveshsb]

Toss a trail camera down a ravine from the hands of a racoon and boom you get great captures! Dave the Hunting Farmer kills it again! Proving that You Are the Man!!

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Haha! Thanks for watching and for the encouragement Dave. I appreciate it 👍

[@larryward1082]

That's amazing cut the strap for the pocket knife and take the camera don't even care about the straps just leave the straps out where they're at and then over the years I've also had some mysterious things happen with my caterpillar the seat belts the buckles will be cut off how to get a different type of seat belt setup hilltop apparatus at the critter can't chew them off something shiny and they wanted them

[@jc26041]

I lost a trail camera a couple of years ago. I figured some trespassers stole it. Now I am not so sure. Thanks for the video.

[@tlfu6836]

A friend had a trail cam that was disguised as a rock. She placed it in an area where there has been recent coyote activity. One night, she captured a video of the coyote picking up the camera/rock and carrying in its mouth for some distance before dropping it. The camera rolled the whole time. Your could see the coyote's breath fogging and even see the inside of its mouth at times. No idea why the coyote chose to carry that rock away. It seemed to know something wasn't right with the "rock". It probably picked up the human scent.

[@jamescarlson6723]

The camera (apparently on its side) took really great, detail photos. And good you found your camera. I was curious---did your displaced camera show the "thief" as one of the images?

[@barbiek3987]

I know, at least some, nocturnal animals can see the IR flash of a camera. Is it possible that the coyote saw the flash and didn't care for it?

[@edhaynes4107]

Glad you found your camera. Once I checked on a camera to find it broken in half but still strapped to the tree. The last image captured was a large eye of a bear looking into the lens. I installed hardware hinges on the camera and returned it to service. I used that same camera in an area where I had to crawl through PO and slip and slide on a very steep hill to reach the camera where I once captured a bobcat taking down a rabbit. The camera was gone. The strap was gone. The locking cable was gone. A wide search never turned up anything. I guess that camera just wanted to retire. Several times I've captured various Elk chewing on the straps of my trail camera but they never managed to take one down.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences. I appreciate it 👍

[@stonemagic540]

i like the fact that you got right into your video, without any bs. i will subscribe to this channel......racoons are full of surprises...

[@jamesmcdonald6969]

That explains what happen to mine. I was changing out SD cards weekly and found one that was one the ground with the strap in bad condition. I thought I just bought cheep strap until I saw your video. Thanks for solving my mystery.

[@kelvin0689]

Wow, that makes a great story and you sure caught that masked thief red-handed! Glad the camera is still in good shape.

[@barbiek3987]

Never had one of our cameras stolen, by human or animal. But, we believe that most nocturnal animals can see the IR flash on the cameras. We have watched them , via another camera, go up to cameras that have flashed them, checking it out. But as soon as I saw that bandit, I figured there was your thief! Glad you found your camera. Enjoyed the clips it caught. Thanks

[@pault151]

Yes, that deer snorting and pawing the ground and looking at the camera, makes me think it was seeing the lighting.

[@Kenbur]

glad you found it. it is always heart breaking when you find one missing. Those were some great pictures "after the fact" I had one knocked over last fall and when I saw it I figured it wasn't in a position to take any photos. Imagine my surprise when I found pictures of squirrels, birds, possum, cats and even a mouse staring into the lens. it had fallen next to a fence but still hanging at such an angle that smaller animals walking along the fence were looking right into the lense as they came by the camera. the mouse pictures were particularily great as he went back and forth looking for seeds among some of the rocks. My wife thought they were some of the best pictures I ever got from that camera. 🤣🤣Thanks for sharing.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Haha! That’s great 😂 Thanks for watching 👍

[@eddroberts1681]

That would be a great advertisement for the camera company !!

[@MusicEchos]

I live in a camper in some woods on my property. Don't do this unless it's very temporary. Anyway I set up a trail cam to see what was going under the camper . It was my cats pacing for hours at night just watching for other critters coming around. Racoons, baby raccoons with mamas. Possums. The suprizes were barred owls visiting my water trough in the hot months. A fisher looking for suit-blocks. That's bird seed encased in cooking grease. They love it. They take the whole thing. Later I find the metal casing that holds it on the tree so birds can eat. Thanks for this video.

[@mikeyoung9810]

That is very interesting. :)

[@JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures]

Dave, that is awesome!! Glad you found it. We have had two cameras ruined by bears and Jerod did have a Moultrie stolen back in 2008. That is when we started making boxes for our trail cameras. That camera done an awesome job for laying on its side!! Thanks for sharing. Juddie

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

I appreciate you watching Juddie 👍

[@AckBoater]

It took me having two of my trail cameras stolen to learn to mount them at least 15-20 feet up in the tree. They will still get stolen but the thieves have to work hard to steal them.

[@michaeljorgensen790]

I tell my neighbors I have 27 solar powered wifi connected trail cameras that send still photos over a mesh network in real time to a NVR in the house so that I can monitor the entire property for game and tresspassers. I really only have 5.

[@gregoryhumphrey2831]

@@michaeljorgensen790 Why would you say that? Now everyone knows!

[@ericjohnson3400]

That was a great result from Racoon shenanigan's. I think I will set up a few ground level shots. Thank You for sharing.

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

That is crazy, I am glad you found it. That teaches me to look around for the camera, I would have just figured someone took it.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

This isn’t the first time I’ve found one laying a distance away from the tree. Definitely worth searching if a camera goes missing. Thanks for watching Joey 👍

[@OldBearHair]

I enjoyed your video more than others I have watched lately. Best!

[@lyndonreddick1888]

Good that it was found and not stolen. Might get one one of these days, put it up on the mountain and maybe capture some bigger critters 😅

[@MinuteontheMountain]

Glad you found the camera. Cool that it still captured some footage. I sure wish I would have had a better experience with the TC22 I tested. Great job, Dave.

[@gadgethunter5732]

Momma bear bit the very first trail cam I put out back the very first day it was out there. One of her canines punctured the corner of the motion sensor screen. I blobbed on a bit of silicone to seal the puncture hole and that camera went on to capture many interesting images of the resident wildlife. Nine years later still no more bites, but quite a few close up sniffy sniffing vids. Always enjoyable and entertaining watching what the camera catches each week.

[@rjust2297]

Man those critters are really knocking that thing around because every shot had something different in the background. I'm really glad that you found your camera. And thank God nobody would throw a camera down there and throw a bunch of bait down there to get the animals to come to it right❤ good job beautiful honesty sir.

[@onlytruth7237]

I had to laugh out loud.. Everyone and his brother was walking on your camera. Great replay.

[@cottrellshuntingandtrappin3016]

Glad you found your trail camera. I have had people take the SD cards out of my cameras before. But never had an actual camera stolen.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching! I appreciate it 👍

[@israelsapp7863]

One thing good about new sat phone cameras is you can track it .. Glad you got your camera back 👊😎

[@evelynbare1975]

Deer are looking skinny. That's worrisome this late in summer. Those possums will take care of a lot of ticks.

[@roadkillavenger1325]

@@evelynbare1975 They were tumors. Possums can't do anything about tumors.

[@cwinter-powers669]

We deworm cows, etc after the first hard freeze...there are preparations to put out...deworm your feer

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thats great that the camera kept working! I have never had that happen! Thank you for sharing my friend!

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@Coyotes254]

I've had 1 camera stolen about 3 years ago. Had another damaged by kids throwing rocks at the camera about 2 years ago. Since then I use a security box and Python cable on all my cameras.

[@swampstalkeroutdoors]

Man that’s pretty awesome brother, would’ve never thought you could capture things like that from that angle! Cool video!

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@HenriVineFishing]

We have to admit that the raccoon did a good job for camera placement! It was so cool seeing all these different animals and insects! I'm glad it wasn't stolen.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Haha! True 😂 Thanks for watching 👍

[@NorthwoodsHunterWI]

That raccoon was the thief! Little bandits are inquisitive and intelligent critters. They were my grandparents greatest threat to their chickens. Little buggers would occasionally learn how to unlatch the door into the coop.

[@VictoriaKnits]

We’ve had bears mess with our cameras. Recently we suspect a person opened one of our cameras and pulled the SD card out, then put it back, knowing that would delete the photos. The camera wasn’t latched properly when we checked it and said the card needed to be initialized which means the photos were gone. Good video of your incident!

[@74the_magpie]

That’s amazing. You have a lot of critters!! Thank you!!

[@cathierainwater]

With the university we use a lock. It's a long and slips through a hole in the back of the camera, then around the tree and through the lock block. It only comes off with the key.

[@ronross6430]

I’ve had Elk pull my solar connection and knock it off on an angle several times. I had one camera strap broken and found the camera trampled in mud with a broken motion lens. Turned out to be an Elk also. Managed to repair the lenses and buy a new antenna and it still works. I lost one camera because I forgot where I put it.

[@charleywalker2982]

I was thinking a bear!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge about trail cameras and keep them coming please.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@stephenhair5501]

I didn't have one stolen. But I did leave a camera attached to a tree for 3 years. I put fresh batteries in the Browning Trail Camera and strapped to to a tree on the edge of a wet weather pond. I meant to go back but I developed a painful knee problem and it prevented me from making that rather long hike back in there. After the season, I had knee replacement surgery and yet another year passed without going to retrieve it. When I finally went in looking for it, I found that the tree had grown to the point that my cable lock had squeezed the plastic mounting loops to the point of breaking. The camera was lying on the ground. I took it home and pulled out the SD Card and started looking at so many pictures. That camera captured over 2 years of photos spanning many, many seasons. Saw newborn fawns in the spring, yearlings in late summer early fall, mature Does and Bucks, all types of critters, somebodies dogs and turkey flocks also. Truly amazed at how efficient this camera was on battery life. Thanks for sharing your story. Merry Christmas to you and your family!! God Bless.

[@itpatriot]

That was really great! Loved it!!

[@jamesculp1324]

I did have a bear knock a Camara around. It actually had scratches like claw marks or teeth marks but kept working. That was several years ago when the cams used those large batteries and bright flash. Glad you found it. I also had cams stolen so I resorted to using more cams hoping to catch the perps. I Also pay more attention to camera placement.

[@traficdas]

I use a steel binding strap such as used on pallet loads. They won't break that steel crimp strap.

[@garymorrison277]

That was a crazy amount of tick's on that second dear. Great news you got the TC back.

[@roadkillavenger1325]

It isn't ticks. It is tumors.

[@oldbiker1150]

Thanks for posting this video. I really enjoyed watching.

[@WildlifeTrailcamUK]

Wow that must have been stressful when it went missing but I’m glad you were able to find it! It had some great deer close ups on it, thanks for sharing

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@harrygreen6935]

That was amazing. You have a rich animal diversity from top to bottom.

[@fleurie5764]

Brilliant ! I have the same camera, set to watch the squirrels. Lots of other animals and birds make an appearance.

[@TerryKogowski]

I had a well-hidden camera stolen from a very secure location in the corner of one of my fields. Never saw it again but it had to have been taken by a trespasser from the adjoining NE property. He probably walked right by it as he entered the property and then saw it as he exited. Since then, I have 3 Spypoint Cell-Links to use with my existing non-cellular cameras, which have worked very well. I also have purchased 2 fully cellular cameras and they have worked great also. I have having some acreage timbered and am able to track daily in and out activity of the crew. Thieves suck!

[@waynebaird3539]

Your videos are so interesting and the content you show is great. I'm amazed at the amount of different species you capture 😁. Thanks for all of your effort.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@sub10456]

if you ever get a camera stolen and its a cellular camera, you can contact the manufacturer and they can give the cell Gps info to the police!! depending on the brand. Glad it ended up being something no one would've expected :P

[@regularguy6501]

Very cool. I trailcam the Black Bear Wilderness Area in Sanford Fl, under permit of course. I have to use cable locks from amazon to keep the bears and hikers from helping themselves to my cams.

[@gobbleknot]

I've had one or two taken over the years. Strangely, this past spring I had several SD cards taken but they left the camera. About a month ago - beavers actually dropped the tree that my camera was on. Somehow it switched from video to just pictures and I continued getting pics but had to turn them sideways to see them better - just like you.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching. I too have had sd card stolen while the camera was left behind…🙁

[@kholbrook203]

That was a great video! I loved seeing all the wildlife. I felt so sorry for the skinny deer. Are those ticks on it’s leg. Poor thing.

[@dorcasowens8521]

I use cable locks to secure my cameras to trees, etc. They open/lock with a key. The Moultrie has a special place the cable runs through. The investment of the cable locks has kept my cameras secured.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Good advice. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@TheLloydChannel]

We put a trailcam up at a site where a homeless friend of ours had set up camp in the woods, because he had been concerned about suspicious activity. We put it up about 15 ft on a tree. May sound odd, but I prayed for protection for him, asking God to set protective angels all around. One night late, he heard a truck come down his road, stop, and reverse out quickly. Checking the stills, we saw the headlights for the truck going it and out. At the side of the pictures was a pure white image of a humanoid profile of a face, with hairy claws underneath. I wish I could share the image here. I believe that it was one of God's protectors looking out for him. I suspect the truck driver saw it as well!

[@samholdsworth420]

Thanks for the story that was a hilarious piece of fiction

[@TheLloydChannel]

@@samholdsworth420 hahahaha! so sorry for your lack of faith.

[@jimwhippet3697]

I set up a trail camera on a fence post and put wild bird seed on the next one. We set off with the dogs to exercise them and I pick the camera up on the way back. It's amazing how many small wild birds eat the food there is sometimes a Field Mouse snacking with them. 😀

[@marybourgeois8056]

Absolutely LOVED THIS!!!! THANK YOU.....

[@PBAdventures146]

Never had an animal mess that badly with my cameras. But I've had probably close to 10 cameras stolen. Very frustrating to be sure!! The video of the deer feet coming by was the best.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thieves are disgusting 🙁 Thanks for watching 👍

[@BoxieOutdoors]

I always get that butterfly feeling when I head in to retrieve my cameras on public land. That camera is tough.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

Thanks for watching Boxie 👍

[@jcook2433]

Lol Love the nature photography by nature ! Yes. Had a trail cam stolen but only recovered the strap this year buried in a garden. Stolen about 6 years ago. Thought it was a two legged bandit but now thinking it may have been a masked four legged bandit. Much prefer the latter. 😊❤

[@WildInKY]

That was neat! I've had more cameras stolen or vandalized than I care to remember but I guess that comes with public land. I have a real amazing story about one of my cameras coming up in the future!

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

I’m intrigued 😁👍

[@BettyAnnKlock-oc5ch]

That is rewarding to watch this video after seeing the destruction of hurricane Elaine and then to come along to watch your video with the animals. The deer the raccoon is a God senthese are god's creatures. What a wonderful feeling to watch them. Great grace and be comfortable in life.God bless you for sharing this video

[@Ddax-td7qy]

Brilliant! On my bucket list is a few at my place near Mt. Lassen, CA. First priority, a couple in the old pioneer cabin to watch the packrat circus!

[@shirleyperry3170]

So cool!😎 love the little night time field mouse!🎉

[@ramonaweston791]

That’s pretty cool. Nice capture of all the night critters.

[@michaelbroderick3822]

I live in a very rural area and always secure my cameras with cables and locks. I find it necessary due to large predators including what we refer to as two-legged skunks. It's cheaper than replacing cameras. We get great video and pictures of all sorts of wildlife and even though we are far from civilization there is the occasional trespasser/troublemaker. We have deer, elk, coyote, cougar, black bear, raccoons, opossum, eagles, rattlesnakes, and all sorts of wildlife. Got a great video of the bobcat with one of the neighbor's chickens. What we do not get is much help from law enforcement so the videos and pictures are imperative or they don't care at all. So I lock my cameras up and lock the doors closed so the SD cards can be saved for evidence because if anything happens it's all we have to get anyone to help.

[@garycornelisse9228]

Those growths on that buck are a condition known as Rain Rot. I spotted a doe with that about 12 years ago here in Pa. I took a photo of that deer and showed the photo to a local game warden, and he told me it was Rain Rot. That doe had it far worse than this buck. That doe had a fawn with her that was perfectly healthy.

[@r.j.4950]

Used engine oil also works.Burlap or even sandpaper cam be used, anything to give a scratch & soak up the oil.

[@lindapieniozek4828]

We put are cameras in a locked metal box lag bolted to the tree. Have gotten many pictures of bear's open mouths trying to chew it.

[@LVSpeedweLL]

Awesome thanks for something fun! Loved hearing the birdsong and all the insects. . . Nature’s chorus. Glad you found the camera and know who the bandit is 🦝

[@jeanettew.fenton6954]

Good clear pictures..❤

[@ArielleViking]

That mouse was a really neat capture. Those ol masked bandits get into everything lolz. 👍🏻

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

You’re right! Thanks for watching 👍

[@Packsalot]

That was pretty cool. Nothing that a little cat crap can't fix. LOL. Have a great day.

[@paulk8532]

I know what cat crap is. What is "cat crap"

[@maxpinson5002]

Had one taken off the tree it was on. Found it later. Strap was neatly cut with a knife or a sharp something. Camera was broken beyond repair. Card gone batteries gone. Another one disappeared completely. Never any sign of it. You can't have anything when you're not on site all the time. The neighbors know when you arrive and when you leave.

[@HuntingFarmerOfficial]

That’s sad! 🙁

[@louielouiepks]

Looked like a gray catbird.

[@bunkermagnus]

So much wildlife in that spot, a reminder that it's there even if we can't always see it.

[@RickNethery]

That was cool, lots of wildlife. 👍

[@gigir8501]

What a great video! Thanks for sharing it❤

[@wiseguysoutdoors2954]

Definitely bears!! Have captured bears biting, licking and, yes, two cameras have been taken, but both times they clawed through the straps and carried the cameras 50 - 100 yds up the old logging roads and dropped them right where I would walk up on them. Always a picture of the bad news bears and their mischief

[@frozenlake9140]

Time to be pro-active on tick control before you find them cuddling up to someone special. Great Video !

[@garystevens1044]

That’s a healthy farm I would have to say! With all the critters coming by definitely more than what others get