A Reddit user said he was dealing with a trespassing problem serious enough that conservation officers had already been advised and a camera had been set up specifically to catch whoever was coming onto the property. According to the thread, the setup paid off in a way he probably did not expect. The camera captured a man trespassing and walking in to hunt the stand in the middle of the morning. Then, about 30 minutes later, the same sequence showed the conservation officers walking in right behind him.
From the way the post was described, the photos told the whole story in order. This was not one random image of someone slipping through the woods. The camera caught the trespasser entering, moving in to hunt the stand, and then the game wardens following that same path not long after. The poster called the sequence amazing, which makes sense, because it was exactly the kind of proof landowners and hunters hope for when they are trying to stop someone who keeps showing up where he should not be.
The discussion around it focused on how the camera had been part of a deliberate effort to catch the trespasser in the act. One commenter specifically mentioned using a cell cam that could upload images immediately to a phone, along with better signal equipment if needed, so the people dealing with the trespass would know right away when someone showed up. In this case, though, what stood out most was that the officers were apparently already looped in and close enough to move before the man had much time to settle in.
So the story came down to a trespasser stepping into a stand he had no right to use, a camera recording him doing it, and game wardens showing up only about half an hour later. Instead of another story about someone sneaking in and getting away clean, this one ended with the kind of timing that makes it clear the trespasser was not the only one watching that stand anymore.
What do you think — if you were dealing with a repeat trespasser, would you rather rely on hidden cameras and wait, or bring the game warden in early like they did here?
Original Reddit post: Trail camera stolen. Advice please!
