ronaldo Report post Posted January 20, 2011 My son and I have been chasin deer and pigs in 24 for the last couple weeks. We glass em up and go after em. Must have done it 10 times.... well we cant get too close cause he got feet like the jolly green giant and hes 16... he sure tries though...So the other day we are comin off a blown stalk on the same herd of pigs like for the 3rd time and we are takin a short cut through the thick stuff. Hes about 30 yards to my right and I walk up on a spot that looks like where aliens landed... Sticks moved around into odd positions, dried up lookin laundry soap type stuff and such. i walk right up to it not skeered or nothin and stick my foot in it and its hard like clay.??? So i think maybe someone was makin a salt lick. So I start lookin around the trees for a stand or somethin but theres none there...?? So i yell to my son "Hey Bubba, get over here and check this out!" He walks over checks it out and says " Cmon lets go, see that camera right there? Its prolly takin videos of us right now, JEEZ!" So right then I feel real embarrassed and say goodbye to the little camera about 2 feet off the ground all tied up to the tree......kinda made me feel funny bein on camera and all...But I read enuff on here to know you aint supposed to mess with them things... But I have to admit if I didnt know better I would have thought someone left it and maybe even messed with it .... so i can see why they dissappear alot... I have a good idea who it belongs to as its in a tough area that you have to walk in from the highway or have a quad for the skinny trail, then walk a ways... So today I see a vehicle parked where they can walk in to check their camera... And its who i thought it was,maybe its theirs, or someone elses....Do you guys get alot of people on your cams? I just hope I see myself on here, LOL... It willl be a fat guy in his 40s all camoed out and a kid with glasses, camo pants and a brown shirt...LOL Fat chance i bet.... But if they read this i bet they will know.... Ron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted January 20, 2011 hehehe, I am guessing it's my camera. I just put it out two weeks ago. Never thought anyone would get back in there because it's so thick. Saw your tracks all over the place when I checked the cams today. But don't worry I didn't get any pics of you since the cam malfunctioned and took a pic every 15 seconds until it ran out of juice. Didn't get any pics of any critters before it died Thank you for not taking the camera! I sure appreciate it. and that "laundry soap" is deer cane. I recently found a bag of it in the closet that I bought about 5 years ago and never used. Figured it would be better put to use out in the woods than sitting in the closet. I walk my dogs in there a lot. They love to splash in the creek, so that makes a nice stroll for us from the highway. I figured whoever it was was in there pig hunting. I was gonna make a post and see if someone would answer so I could thank you for respecting the camera. You beat me too it. Send me a PM sometime when you are going to be in town and perhaps we can get together to say hello. Do you have a gold colored truck? One was parked there the other day.... Thanks again and I hope you get your pig. Those javelina are always in there, but it's so thick it can be hard to find them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted January 20, 2011 Hey I know that spot. HEHE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted January 20, 2011 Hey I know that spot. HEHE Actually you don't. It's not the creek you are thinking of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted January 21, 2011 Oh LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronaldo Report post Posted January 22, 2011 LOL, I figured it was your camera as I have seen your vehicle there before when I came out. I bet all kinds of things were going through your mind when you were walking in and saw all them footprints. I do have to tell you if I had not read on the site about game cameras and how people leave them out, I might have now known to leave them alone... Besides it takes guts to leave a 200 dollar camera out in the woods and hope no one messes with it. So the least a person can do is leave it alone... I have a white toyota truck, not a gold one. The day I found the cam there was 2 other trucks in the general area, both white. I havent seen a gold one, I did see a guy on a quad the other day.. Not many folks hunt there...SHHHHH...LOL Did you by chance have some cage traps in there lasst year? I came up on one of them and wondered who it belonged too??? Ron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted January 23, 2011 Well, good thing you learned about trail cams on this site! Thanks again....I really do appreciate it. Stop by and say hi next time you see me. Nope the cage traps aren't mine. I haven't seen those and don't know who might own them. The truck I saw had unloaded a quad, so perhaps it was the quad hunter you saw. We were going to park there and check the cams that day, but decided to go to another area so as not to interfere with their hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
