I so hate to see this happen. Maybe it's just me, but it seems to be getting worse by the day on the public lands for this kind of behavior, and worse. Sad, but true, and my personal list of ridiculousness continues to pile up.
I've been working on a post about ethics in the field, though it brings back some real bad feelings to think them through again. Last week, for example, another hunter did his best to cut off a gobbler that I had been working for an hour or so. The guy knew exactly where my decoys were too.
And of course, neither of us got the bird either. Not nice!
Theft is the biggest problem i have seen in this industry with trail cameras. The worst part is more cameras are stolen from private property than public land....Go figure huh...No respect for personal property.....That post on ethics would be a good read.....
I'd be interested in that post. I have no problem with public land use, but there really are proper ways to go about things and people tend treat public places like they would never treat their own. It's the motel or car rental mentality.
My main pet peeve is that these same people pretty much treat all property the same, including the private land leading up to the public. It's just a general disregard for property ownership in general, like they were never taught that 'my stuff isn't their stuff unless I say they can use it', or that they have decided that no one owns the Earth, so it's a free for all.
It always seems to be the ones who don't own anything themselves. And I'm meaning they can't afford it. In some cases, they've chosen a lifestyle rather than forced into one. In other words, this disrespect or misuse of property is not an economic thing.