I hunt a lot of public land and they're some areas I hunt where 3 180+ class deer as been taken the past 3 years. I've pulled some dandy bucks off trail cam there as well. But hunting public land, u always run the risk of having ur trash stolen. To combat that effort, I like to camo mine up with moss, bark, and sticks that u an buy at Hobby Lobby or find in your back yard. Works like a champ, too. I've lost my cam and spent an hour trying to find it. Had a hunter to walk by it lost for like 5 mins and never knew it was there.