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December 14, 2009

Louisiana Trail-Cam Thief Says He Was Protecting Deer

By Dave Hurteau

From the WFAB 9 News:

Dustin Archibald, 21, of Denham Springs surrendered to Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies on Thursday. According to investigators, he was photographed around noon the previous day [stealing a decoy trail camera.]

When presented with the photograph (shown), which deputies said clearly shows him with the camera in his hand, Archibald allegedly told them he was not stealing the camera but taking it so the property owner would not hunt the deer in the area. Detectives added the incriminating photo also shows Archibald's dog and a "No Trespassing" sign in the background.

Check out the full story and tell us your reaction.

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from northernmndeerhunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I am glad to see him get caught....it is always fun to listen to a guilty criminal rationalize their situation/intentions :)

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

A decoy trail camera...I really like that idea.

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from JohnR wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

He should have to make restitution for the other cameras he has stolen. Last time I looked in the Cabela's catalog, I observed that those cameras can be expensive.
I noticed some of the comments following the article suggested he took the cameras to support a drug habit. I wonder if anyone considered the possibility he is an animal rights activist? If he is, they can add the charge "interfering with a legal hunt" to his criminal charges. Most states now have laws preventing animal rights people interfering with a hunt.

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from MB915 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

HAHA, stupid criminal. Sure glad he was caught.

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from Jere Smith wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Sent this one to Jay Leno he loves to show stupid people!

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from Clay Cooper wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Good bust!

Here's your sign?

Here's your PICTURE!

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from Mike Diehl wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Heh. One more jerk with a shiny new criminal record! :)

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from 007 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. Theft and trespassing are crimes, no matter the silly intent. Well done to the land owner!

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from 2Labs wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I am glad to see that guy get caught. Trail Cameras can be very expensive and i recently had one taken off my tree. My cousin watched him go into the trees where we hunt and he called me so i went down there to check our trail cams and found that one of them had been ripped off the tree. We just cant get the kid to admit to it.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Take a look at this guy's face, crime never pay in the long run, you will always pay for what you have done!!!

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from jeffo52284 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I feel the same glad to see this moron get caught. what makes him think he has the right to trespass just to protect deer. what an idiot throw the book at him

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from scottprice wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

tree hugging little weasel...

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from deerslayer1234 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

LOL... he has no clue. It is sad that criminals try to find ways to justify their actions.

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from deerslayer1234 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Is that a tree stand on his back?

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from Mark J wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Why would he have a tree stand? Is he stealing that too?

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from thuroy wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I love it how people don't respect private property. That was a big problem this weekend with snowmobiles in the state of Michigan. They think they can go anywhere. It is a great thing when hunting.

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from earlyriser81 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I wonder if that is a stolen treestand he is toting with him? What an idiot

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from Walt Smith wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

There is no penalty stiff enough for idiots like this.

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from stryker wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

hmmm a tree stand on his back and a stolen game cam in his hands..It would be hard to convience me he had the critters welfare at heart..it looks like a common thief to me
stryker

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from mopedfredd wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

did you guys read the comments on the news website under the full story... funny.

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from mopedfredd wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

make sure to put up a camera to watch your other camera!

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from NolanOsborne wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I figured he had the tree stand on his back to make it seem as though he was setting one up..

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from NolanOsborne wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I figured he had the tree stand on his back to make it seem as though he was setting one up..

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from seadog wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I think stryker got it right. The tree stand just doesn't make sense if this guy is an animal rights kook, unless he stole that too. Common thief--lower than a snake's belly.

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from shane wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Look how little hair he has at age 21. Bad decisions make for little hair.

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from coho310 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I wonder if a trail cam got that picture of him...

Right on stryker, +1 for ya'.

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from coho310 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

forgot to add;

What a idiot, I hope he gets jail time for this.

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from 86Ram wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

He deserves jail time... no disputing his crime

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from hjohn429 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Makes you wonder where he stole the treestand from. What an idiot and an a$$hole. Hepe he gets what he deserves.

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from louismanka wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

thief.

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from seadog wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

To ss4: grow up. Don't you have homework to do? Or maybe you could go help your mommy bake some cookies.

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from Ruckweiler wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Why the fuss? He's just protecting the deer from the paparazzi, isn't he?.

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from maine-hunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I am glad to see tha someone has been caught, My camera was sollen this year. I like the idea of the decoy cam I think I will try it out

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from jdweger wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

To ss4: you sound like an eco-terrorist to me. I would guess that you never eat meat, or have fired a gun. Maybe it would be OK to steal your pot that you have growing in the hills.

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from HuntinFool wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Probably stole that tree stand too, huh... "protecting the deer" BS!

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from harleychicks wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Just another RED NECK ! He should do time just like someone stealing from your home or car and not be able to hunt for 5 + yrs !

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from CurtMeiers wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Shoot the Obama lovin' Bitch!

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from MidnightBanjo wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Yeah - I've always said there should be a hunting season for stupid people and criminals... this guy would be in double jeapordy!

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from BukSnort wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Hi all, after 26 years in retail, and catching 3 to 4 shoplifters a week, from 5 to 75.. One thing that every thief says is that they didn't think they were a thief. A judge's wife, with $200 in meat stuck inside an overcoat, said, "Please, don't call the police, I'm not really a thief.:: A THIEF IS A THIEF... That guy better get a grip.

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from Bob Woodbury wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

A thief is a thief and usually a liar, too.
They go hand in hand.

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from Xtremebowhunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Its pretty sad that you have to worry about leaving a camera in the woods because you got idiots like that out there. The consequences should have been worse.

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from tpifher wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Trespassing And Theft, they question huters ethics?

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from matt wasson wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

The above blogs are funny...esp the one about hunters are bad. "Vegitarian= bad hunter ahhaahaah
maybe instead of using camera to catch thief, we got back to old fashioned stoning of those whom steal from land owner
oh and the tree stand...most likely pawn shop bound as well to buy his idiot pills

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from Revival wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I'm betting he's actually a hunter that wants to discourage the landowner since he has seen a nice buck or two... Worse than the antis are people who think all the deer in the woods are their's.

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from Vegetarian wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I hope he gets gored next time. Some critters like being on camera. There's proof

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from carl sanchioli wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

sounds like 2 crimes to me, theft and trespass.

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from crm3006 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I think he's already stolen the tree stand and is now stealing the trail cam. (He thinks!) Wish I had had a set up like that when some scumbag stole my feeder, Yep, the whole feeder, including the corn. I think this guy deserves a short rope and a stout limb.

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from murdock32 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Hang him from the same tree. and see if any bears come in?

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from Big O wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

Look's like one of the ss "crew" got busted !

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from bigkountry26 wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

i am from louisiana and have caugh people trasspassing on my land as well but i am gonna start doing this and prosicuting also. Good for his obama lovin ass!!!!

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from Sniper220 wrote 2 years 4 weeks ago

TAR & FEATHER!!!

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from lema wrote 47 weeks 1 day ago

good for him, he got caught on cam..

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from lema wrote 47 weeks 1 day ago

im glad he got caught in the act with the photographer.

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from stryker wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

hmmm a tree stand on his back and a stolen game cam in his hands..It would be hard to convience me he had the critters welfare at heart..it looks like a common thief to me
stryker

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from northernmndeerhunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I am glad to see him get caught....it is always fun to listen to a guilty criminal rationalize their situation/intentions :)

+5 Good Comment? | | Report
from MB915 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

HAHA, stupid criminal. Sure glad he was caught.

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from Mark J wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Why would he have a tree stand? Is he stealing that too?

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

A decoy trail camera...I really like that idea.

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from seadog wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

To ss4: grow up. Don't you have homework to do? Or maybe you could go help your mommy bake some cookies.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from JohnR wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

He should have to make restitution for the other cameras he has stolen. Last time I looked in the Cabela's catalog, I observed that those cameras can be expensive.
I noticed some of the comments following the article suggested he took the cameras to support a drug habit. I wonder if anyone considered the possibility he is an animal rights activist? If he is, they can add the charge "interfering with a legal hunt" to his criminal charges. Most states now have laws preventing animal rights people interfering with a hunt.

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from Mike Diehl wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Heh. One more jerk with a shiny new criminal record! :)

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from deerslayer1234 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Is that a tree stand on his back?

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from shane wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Look how little hair he has at age 21. Bad decisions make for little hair.

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from 86Ram wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

He deserves jail time... no disputing his crime

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from jdweger wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

To ss4: you sound like an eco-terrorist to me. I would guess that you never eat meat, or have fired a gun. Maybe it would be OK to steal your pot that you have growing in the hills.

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from Jere Smith wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Sent this one to Jay Leno he loves to show stupid people!

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from 007 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. Theft and trespassing are crimes, no matter the silly intent. Well done to the land owner!

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Take a look at this guy's face, crime never pay in the long run, you will always pay for what you have done!!!

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from jeffo52284 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I feel the same glad to see this moron get caught. what makes him think he has the right to trespass just to protect deer. what an idiot throw the book at him

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from scottprice wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

tree hugging little weasel...

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from deerslayer1234 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

LOL... he has no clue. It is sad that criminals try to find ways to justify their actions.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from thuroy wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I love it how people don't respect private property. That was a big problem this weekend with snowmobiles in the state of Michigan. They think they can go anywhere. It is a great thing when hunting.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from earlyriser81 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I wonder if that is a stolen treestand he is toting with him? What an idiot

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from Walt Smith wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

There is no penalty stiff enough for idiots like this.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from mopedfredd wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

did you guys read the comments on the news website under the full story... funny.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from mopedfredd wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

make sure to put up a camera to watch your other camera!

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from seadog wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I think stryker got it right. The tree stand just doesn't make sense if this guy is an animal rights kook, unless he stole that too. Common thief--lower than a snake's belly.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from coho310 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I wonder if a trail cam got that picture of him...

Right on stryker, +1 for ya'.

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from coho310 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

forgot to add;

What a idiot, I hope he gets jail time for this.

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from hjohn429 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Makes you wonder where he stole the treestand from. What an idiot and an a$$hole. Hepe he gets what he deserves.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from MidnightBanjo wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Yeah - I've always said there should be a hunting season for stupid people and criminals... this guy would be in double jeapordy!

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from tpifher wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Trespassing And Theft, they question huters ethics?

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from 2Labs wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I am glad to see that guy get caught. Trail Cameras can be very expensive and i recently had one taken off my tree. My cousin watched him go into the trees where we hunt and he called me so i went down there to check our trail cams and found that one of them had been ripped off the tree. We just cant get the kid to admit to it.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from NolanOsborne wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I figured he had the tree stand on his back to make it seem as though he was setting one up..

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from NolanOsborne wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I figured he had the tree stand on his back to make it seem as though he was setting one up..

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from louismanka wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

thief.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from HuntinFool wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Probably stole that tree stand too, huh... "protecting the deer" BS!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from BukSnort wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Hi all, after 26 years in retail, and catching 3 to 4 shoplifters a week, from 5 to 75.. One thing that every thief says is that they didn't think they were a thief. A judge's wife, with $200 in meat stuck inside an overcoat, said, "Please, don't call the police, I'm not really a thief.:: A THIEF IS A THIEF... That guy better get a grip.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Bob Woodbury wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

A thief is a thief and usually a liar, too.
They go hand in hand.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Xtremebowhunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Its pretty sad that you have to worry about leaving a camera in the woods because you got idiots like that out there. The consequences should have been worse.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from matt wasson wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

The above blogs are funny...esp the one about hunters are bad. "Vegitarian= bad hunter ahhaahaah
maybe instead of using camera to catch thief, we got back to old fashioned stoning of those whom steal from land owner
oh and the tree stand...most likely pawn shop bound as well to buy his idiot pills

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from crm3006 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I think he's already stolen the tree stand and is now stealing the trail cam. (He thinks!) Wish I had had a set up like that when some scumbag stole my feeder, Yep, the whole feeder, including the corn. I think this guy deserves a short rope and a stout limb.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from murdock32 wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Hang him from the same tree. and see if any bears come in?

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from maine-hunter wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I am glad to see tha someone has been caught, My camera was sollen this year. I like the idea of the decoy cam I think I will try it out

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from harleychicks wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Just another RED NECK ! He should do time just like someone stealing from your home or car and not be able to hunt for 5 + yrs !

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Revival wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I'm betting he's actually a hunter that wants to discourage the landowner since he has seen a nice buck or two... Worse than the antis are people who think all the deer in the woods are their's.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Vegetarian wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

I hope he gets gored next time. Some critters like being on camera. There's proof

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from carl sanchioli wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

sounds like 2 crimes to me, theft and trespass.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Big O wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

Look's like one of the ss "crew" got busted !

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Sniper220 wrote 2 years 4 weeks ago

TAR & FEATHER!!!

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from lema wrote 47 weeks 1 day ago

good for him, he got caught on cam..

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from lema wrote 47 weeks 1 day ago

im glad he got caught in the act with the photographer.

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from bigkountry26 wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

i am from louisiana and have caugh people trasspassing on my land as well but i am gonna start doing this and prosicuting also. Good for his obama lovin ass!!!!

-1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Clay Cooper wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Good bust!

Here's your sign?

Here's your PICTURE!

-2 Good Comment? | | Report
from CurtMeiers wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Shoot the Obama lovin' Bitch!

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from Ruckweiler wrote 2 years 6 weeks ago

Why the fuss? He's just protecting the deer from the paparazzi, isn't he?.

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