shed hunter...thief?

Rottweiler · March 12, 2009, 07:47 PM

Posting this to help a guy I don't know personally, but is probably as pi$$ed as I'd be, identify and catch a possible thief.

Here's the story:

This weekend I went to switch out my cards on my trail cameras. I have still been running my cameras because my dad, brother and I like gathering sheds every year. A couple of the cameras had a picture of a guy in camo walking by. You couldn't see his face to make out who it is. The last camera had a perfect picture of the guy's face. I have attached the picture.

I don't think it is coincidental; 2 of my cameras are now missing from this property. We have owned this property for many years and don't really appreciate people sneaking around on it picking up the sheds before we have a chance. To top off our frustration, we are missing 2 of our cameras that cost $250 a piece.

I am asking for your help to help identify the guy in the picture. Please forward this email on to contacts that might know anybody in the Iola area. Surely, somebody can recognize this guy. My assumption is the guy lives within 30-40 miles of Iola. You can zoom in on the picture by clicking on the bottom right icon.

Feel free to email me back with any information or you can call me on my cell phone (918) 633-3374.

Thanks,

Craig Yocham

Brian Pfleuger · March 12, 2009, 07:48 PM

Did you call the PO-lice?

cornbush · March 12, 2009, 10:15 PM

Some old leg hold traps, you know the ones without the spacers (now illegal) around your cameras could make for some interesting pictures!

globemaster3 · March 12, 2009, 11:14 PM

I'm almost with peetzakilla on this one, but all you have is a pic and no tangible proof he stole the cameras. Not sure what they would do, but trespassing at a minimum could definitely be proven by the pic.

Sounds like time for some poacher patrols.

Yithian · March 12, 2009, 11:17 PM

SSS

OttoJara · March 12, 2009, 11:18 PM

Take out an ad in your local news paper. Just post the pic and your email to call if anyone knows this guy. Then beat his as$

Art Eatman · March 13, 2009, 01:07 PM

Print out several copies of the picture. Take one to the sheriff's office, and file a complaint. Trespass, for starters, with the possibility that the trespasser was the thief.

I'd walk around the local area, nearby towns, with a copy of the picture, asking game wardens and folks at cafes, bars and gunshops if they knew him--but not running my mouth about the possible thefts. Kinda make a joke of "The camera caught him trespassing." It's too easy to get into some sort of trouble if you indulge in a bunch of mouth music.

grymster2007 · March 13, 2009, 01:32 PM

I haven't left California in over four months. I swear!

Seriously, let us know if the :barf: creep is ever caught.

Big Bill · March 13, 2009, 03:51 PM

Maybe he's out of work?

BIGR · March 13, 2009, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Maybe he's out of work?

Yea, alot of thugs and theives do not work and steal lots of things while honest hard working people are at work....

Big Bill · March 13, 2009, 05:07 PM

I've been through a lot of hard times and have never stolen anything - ever. Some people just steel for the hell-of-it! I hope he's caught and punished!

Brian Pfleuger · March 13, 2009, 05:12 PM

I wonder if you could get him for stealing the sheds? If the property is properly posted then it may be illegal for him to remove ANYTHING from it, including shed antlers.

SwampYankee · March 13, 2009, 05:48 PM

Put his face on your local Craigslist, frequently.

Pretty dumb though, just because he found two cameras, how is he to know how many are out there?

Inspector3711 · March 13, 2009, 09:19 PM

I'd turn it in to the police and warden... If you figure out who it is they may be able to get a search warrent based on his trespass date cooinciding to your property being stolen. Hope they get him. BTW, I've only been to Texas once and I never left the airport

SKULLANDCROSSBONES65 · March 13, 2009, 10:43 PM

G'day. I didn't do it, you can't prove a thing and I won't do it again.

T. O'Heir · March 13, 2009, 11:23 PM

Sheds don't count. Trespassing does. You'd have to prove he took the cameras though. Got the serial numbers? Call the police, give 'em the picture and file a trespass complaint.

onthejon55 · March 14, 2009, 02:33 AM

you could try to pattern when he shows up, find his vehicle, cut the valve stems off, then call the police and report a trespasser

Art Eatman · March 14, 2009, 08:25 AM

Cutting the valve stems off is vandalism. Removing the valve-stem cores is not.

Let's stay with rational, legal process, folks, not foolishness. This ain't the Happy Home for Keyboard Kommandos.

treg · March 14, 2009, 08:29 AM

I hope you get that sucker.

whiskey · March 15, 2009, 12:59 PM

Hopefully when you catch him he will still have the cameras with pictures of him walking up to them to steal them.

hogdogs · March 15, 2009, 01:19 PM

That oughta do the trick!!!
Brent

cornbush · March 16, 2009, 12:21 AM

I'm with ya, Brent. But in certain states, you could probably get convicted of unlawful detainment.

Honestly... if I had a dozer and back-hoe, I'd probably take that chance to create a scene like the picture you posted.

Inspector3711 · March 16, 2009, 12:24 AM

Unlawful detainment? Nobody is saying the owner of that truck can't leave. He just needs to get walkin'. When he gets to town he can call the property owner for permission, then a tow truck driver

shortwave · March 16, 2009, 03:21 PM

Rottweiler, Sorry bast^&*^%# like that deserve prosecution. Make sure to take pic. with you to popo office as this piece of cow dung may allready have a mug shot. Goodluck!

snipecatcher · March 17, 2009, 12:08 AM

Surprising he didn't get that camera too, he's looking right at it. Is your land near a populated area, with a few houses surrounding it? There may be more than one person out there.

March 12, 2009, 07:47 PM	#1
Rottweiler Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2001 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 391	shed hunter...thief? Posting this to help a guy I don't know personally, but is probably as pi$$ed as I'd be, identify and catch a possible thief. Here's the story: This weekend I went to switch out my cards on my trail cameras. I have still been running my cameras because my dad, brother and I like gathering sheds every year. A couple of the cameras had a picture of a guy in camo walking by. You couldn't see his face to make out who it is. The last camera had a perfect picture of the guy's face. I have attached the picture. I don't think it is coincidental; 2 of my cameras are now missing from this property. We have owned this property for many years and don't really appreciate people sneaking around on it picking up the sheds before we have a chance. To top off our frustration, we are missing 2 of our cameras that cost $250 a piece. I am asking for your help to help identify the guy in the picture. Please forward this email on to contacts that might know anybody in the Iola area. Surely, somebody can recognize this guy. My assumption is the guy lives within 30-40 miles of Iola. You can zoom in on the picture by clicking on the bottom right icon. Feel free to email me back with any information or you can call me on my cell phone (918) 633-3374. Thanks, Craig Yocham __________________ Texas - envied by lesser states since 1845

March 12, 2009, 07:48 PM	#2
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	Did you call the PO-lice? __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

March 12, 2009, 11:14 PM	#4
globemaster3 Senior Member Join Date: January 28, 2006 Posts: 1,482	I'm almost with peetzakilla on this one, but all you have is a pic and no tangible proof he stole the cameras. Not sure what they would do, but trespassing at a minimum could definitely be proven by the pic. Sounds like time for some poacher patrols. Last edited by globemaster3; March 13, 2009 at 08:48 AM. Reason: typo

March 12, 2009, 11:17 PM	#5
Yithian Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 719	SSS __________________ Pondering the differences, terminally, between the V-Max and the A-Max.

March 12, 2009, 11:18 PM	#6
OttoJara Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 2008 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 459	Take out an ad in your local news paper. Just post the pic and your email to call if anyone knows this guy. Then beat his as$ __________________ The early bird may get the worm, but, the second rat, gets the cheese. "A fear of weapons, is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud

March 12, 2009, 10:15 PM	#3
cornbush Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: The retarded place below Idaho Posts: 1,408	Some old leg hold traps, you know the ones without the spacers (now illegal) around your cameras could make for some interesting pictures!

March 13, 2009, 01:07 PM	#7
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Print out several copies of the picture. Take one to the sheriff's office, and file a complaint. Trespass, for starters, with the possibility that the trespasser was the thief. I'd walk around the local area, nearby towns, with a copy of the picture, asking game wardens and folks at cafes, bars and gunshops if they knew him--but not running my mouth about the possible thefts. Kinda make a joke of "The camera caught him trespassing." It's too easy to get into some sort of trouble if you indulge in a bunch of mouth music.

March 13, 2009, 01:32 PM	#8
grymster2007 Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: In the oak studded hills near Napa Posts: 2,203	I haven't left California in over four months. I swear! Seriously, let us know if the :barf: creep is ever caught. __________________ grym

March 13, 2009, 03:51 PM	#9
Big Bill Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,053	Maybe he's out of work? __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time." - General George Patton Jr

March 13, 2009, 05:07 PM	#11
Big Bill Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,053	I've been through a lot of hard times and have never stolen anything - ever. Some people just steel for the hell-of-it! I hope he's caught and punished! __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time." - General George Patton Jr

March 13, 2009, 05:12 PM	#12
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	I wonder if you could get him for stealing the sheds? If the property is properly posted then it may be illegal for him to remove ANYTHING from it, including shed antlers. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

March 13, 2009, 05:48 PM	#13
SwampYankee Registration in progress Join Date: November 1, 2008 Location: I can be found on a number of other forums. Posts: 1,333	Put his face on your local Craigslist, frequently. Pretty dumb though, just because he found two cameras, how is he to know how many are out there?

March 13, 2009, 09:19 PM	#14
Inspector3711 Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2008 Location: Puget Sound Washington Posts: 1,553	I'd turn it in to the police and warden... If you figure out who it is they may be able to get a search warrent based on his trespass date cooinciding to your property being stolen. Hope they get him. BTW, I've only been to Texas once and I never left the airport __________________ "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." The Dalai Llama (5/15/01, The Seattle Times) "That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." George Orwell

March 13, 2009, 10:43 PM	#15
SKULLANDCROSSBONES65 Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2008 Location: Far Nth Wst QLD Australia Posts: 992	G'day. I didn't do it, you can't prove a thing and I won't do it again. __________________ If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough! When you're confused, I'll try to use smaller words!!!

March 13, 2009, 11:23 PM	#16
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Sheds don't count. Trespassing does. You'd have to prove he took the cameras though. Got the serial numbers? Call the police, give 'em the picture and file a trespass complaint. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

March 14, 2009, 02:33 AM	#17
onthejon55 Junior member Join Date: October 23, 2008 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 411	you could try to pattern when he shows up, find his vehicle, cut the valve stems off, then call the police and report a trespasser

March 14, 2009, 08:25 AM	#18
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Cutting the valve stems off is vandalism. Removing the valve-stem cores is not. Let's stay with rational, legal process, folks, not foolishness. This ain't the Happy Home for Keyboard Kommandos.

March 14, 2009, 08:29 AM	#19
treg Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2006 Posts: 1,102	I hope you get that sucker. __________________ .44 Special: For those who get it, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible.

March 15, 2009, 12:59 PM	#20
whiskey Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2000 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 431	Hopefully when you catch him he will still have the cameras with pictures of him walking up to them to steal them. __________________ "So he cocked both his pistols, spit in the dirt and walked out in to the street."

March 15, 2009, 01:19 PM	#21
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	This ain't vandalism on your own land... That oughta do the trick!!! Brent

March 16, 2009, 12:21 AM	#22
cornbush Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: The retarded place below Idaho Posts: 1,408	I'm with ya, Brent. But in certain states, you could probably get convicted of unlawful detainment. Honestly... if I had a dozer and back-hoe, I'd probably take that chance to create a scene like the picture you posted.

March 16, 2009, 12:24 AM	#23
Inspector3711 Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2008 Location: Puget Sound Washington Posts: 1,553	Unlawful detainment? Nobody is saying the owner of that truck can't leave. He just needs to get walkin'. When he gets to town he can call the property owner for permission, then a tow truck driver __________________ "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." The Dalai Llama (5/15/01, The Seattle Times) "That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." George Orwell

March 16, 2009, 03:21 PM	#24
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	Rottweiler, Sorry bast^&*^%# like that deserve prosecution. Make sure to take pic. with you to popo office as this piece of cow dung may allready have a mug shot. Goodluck!

March 17, 2009, 12:08 AM	#25
snipecatcher Senior Member Join Date: February 1, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 314	Surprising he didn't get that camera too, he's looking right at it. Is your land near a populated area, with a few houses surrounding it? There may be more than one person out there.