mtn-memories Report post Posted October 24, 2011 This topic has probably been discussed on here before at length, but if it has, I missed it. I ran in to a guy this weekend during a hunt who "matter of factly" told me about all the photos on a trail cam that did not belong to him. He evidently pulls and reads the cards of any cam he comes across and acts as though it is perfectly acceptable and standard operating procedure in the hunting community these days. I didn't press him on the matter, but I suppose he would justify his actions by stating that he didn't vandalize, or steal a camera... he just viewed the photos. That rational seems like "situational ethics" to me and flies in the face of my belief that you simply don't mess with another hunter's stuff. If that had been MY camera, I would have been all up in his face, the same way I would if I had caught him going through my tent or the the glove box in my truck. You just don't mess with another man's stuff! If it ain't yours ... leave it alone! Am I the only one with this opinion these days? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLW Report post Posted October 24, 2011 This topic has probably been discussed on here before at length, but if it has, I missed it. I ran in to a guy this weekend during a hunt who "matter of factly" told me about all the photos on a trail cam that did not belong to him. He evidently pulls and reads the cards of any cam he comes across and acts as though it is perfectly acceptable and standard operating procedure in the hunting community these days. I didn't press him on the matter, but I suppose he would justify his actions by stating that he didn't vandalize, or steal a camera... he just viewed the photos. That rational seems like "situational ethics" to me and flies in the face of my belief that you simply don't mess with another hunter's stuff. If that had been MY camera, I would have been all up in his face, the same way I would if I had caught him going through my tent or the the glove box in my truck. You just don't mess with another man's stuff! If it ain't yours ... leave it alone! Am I the only one with this opinion these days? I personally wouldn't mess with someone else's camera but have spoke to a couple of people that don't mind if people do.... 1 guy that stopped us and asked us "if we had been back to a certain tank" wich we hadn't yet. He was fuming someone jacked his camera! I asked if he had it locked up and he said no, that it was just hangin on a fence on the tank! He said " I don't mind if people check out the pics, but just don't take my shoot!" pretty trusting...... another person on here my brother inlaw knows doesn't lock them either. I guess some people don't mind. My Dad taught me not to mess with other peoples stuff.... period! james Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azslim Report post Posted October 24, 2011 I've looked at them, even cleaned them up after they were sabatoged. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
