Questions about equipment

[daniel72]

I went to check my trail cams on one of the leases me and some buddy's go in on just to find out someone cut the lock on our gate and stole all our trail cams, blinds and tree stands and I can see where they had drove a vehicle through the woods so my question is once we get new stands blinds and trail cams bought is there any way we can put insurance on our equipment while its in the woods?

[wtnhunt]

Would check with your insurance company. Pretty sure farm bureau here will write a policy on them, might be a bit pricey. Might also depend on who owns the actual property or if you have written lease.

[daniel72]

It's a written lease with the land owner having no reaspondity of anything that happens on the property. It's all fenced in because cattle use to use the land as pasture woods and all and the only people who have keys is us on the lease and the property owner

[wtnhunt]

Contact your insurance agent. Even if he can't write you a policy he should be able to tell you who would.

[hoosierhunter]

Yes you can insure these items but it becomes a cost benefit situation because it's unusual to be completely wiped out like you were. It's usually losing one stand/camera/etc. the other thing is how it will affect your premiums by turning in these small claims.

[Rhino]

Like hoosierhunter said, getting completely wiped out is very unusual. I've never heard of that happening until now. My guess is, it was someone very familiar with the property. Insurance could be cost prohibitive. There are locks available that are almost impossible to cut without a cutting torch. I'd sure get one of those and the biggest chain one of those locks could handle.

[daniel72]

I got a call late last night from the land owner saying they saw a vehicle leaving the area this was about 11pm last night and the owner was trying to follow the vehicle they were able to get a make model and color of the vehicle but no license plate number. I went to Walmart today and bought 4 ladder stands, 2 hanging stands and 3 blinds today and I made sure to get the tree stand locks that they sell

[wtnhunt]

One way in one way out, got all your stuff, sounds to me like someone had either spent some time scoping it out or they knew you or your buddies or the landowner. If it were me, I would hide an ir no glow camera at the gate. Would also tip off the sheriffs dept or lea that has jurisdiction there and your game warden if you have not already. Before you hang those new stands, etch your name on them.

[daniel72]

I've engraved my name and phone number into the new stands and each section of the ladders. I've talked to the local law enforcement and the conservation officers already they told me to place some cameras at the gate because they can't do anything until we get a license plate number or a good picture of the people

[Ravin R10 man]

Most likely Clinton supporters;

Hide a cam or two, we have had good luck doing that