Earilier this year I place a Wildview Game camera on a tree next to a creek where animals had been stopping to cross and drink.  Unfortunately, a heavy storm washed out the roots of the tree and I found the tree had fallen over into the creek and my camera was underneath the tree buried in mud.  This tree was about 75ft tall and a foot in diameter and the way it fell lodged it between 2 other trees so there was no way to roll the tree over.  The camera was secured with a steel security bracket and chain and the lock for the chain was also buried in mud so there was no easy way to cut the strap and pull the camera out.  So I thought it was a lost cause and left the camera submerged in the creek under the tree.

Six months go by (notice the Feb date stamp on the picture) not thinking about my lost camera and then I get the brilliant idea to cut the tree in half with a chainsaw.  So while standing on the edge of the creek w/ mud almost to the top of my rubber boots, I take 2 cuts (one above the camera, and one below)and pull the section out camera, chain, bracket, tree and all.  The camera was toast, but I dried off the SD card and got this pic of a snarling coyote off of it.  Six months underwater and data is still on the card.  Wow.