I know they have out them Neck collar tracking units for dogs for the treed hunts...
Do they happen to have any smaller Tracking units on the market?
Maybe the Conservation office could Invest in some for Tree Stand Bait stations...
Add one to a ladder stand,a loc on stand,a camera and a loc on stand.. So that if they are called about a tree stand taken.. then can Locate a bait stand in the same area along with the owner and see if it gets picked up and tracked to the theives door...
For us that have a stand within' Ear shot of our own house like my stand was only mile and a half from home.... We need a rig that we can sneak into our bait stands with a air Horn Hanging way up High in the tree...and once the tree stand Isn't Grounded to the Tree it presses the Air Horn,Fog Horn... to alarm all.. Sorta Like a car alarm.. So all in the valley hear it.. and I can head right there to watch with binoculars for movement or a guy or guys running from my area to chase down.......
Atless then If I see them I would have a FACE to Contact the cops and dec officers and Have them brought to Justice.. as they For sure was Tampering with another Property........
I can't afford no trail cam, and would hate to Not place one high anough and have it taken also...
A Silent Alarm would be nice, yet I wouldn't hear it to track them down...
and a car battery sitting on the platform with a huge Horn wired in, would alarm them before they tried to take the stand....
Cable Locs are only as good as the thieve with Ideas and tools to remove it is.... So I wonder what it will take to get NAMES listed in the Cops Theive Booklet to be confronted...
COUGHT in the act is our best Chance to change Our Property.....
Just had to vent lads, Tired of Thieves and how dang sneaky they are...
But I still Wonder if some of the Locals that I see around town aren't also AT Members that Just lurk, and Happen to see my airial Pic of my spots I want or Had added stands.. As they would have to Know the area to Head right into this off the beatin' path area.....
Best wishes