My brother had his phone and wallet stolen from the gym 6-7 months ago. The kid who stole them was caught on camera stealing them, and using the debit card both on camera. I knew the kid and fully identified him first, middle and last name and the address of both his house and his parents house. The cops said they would call us ASAP and we have not heard from the cops yet, 6 months later. Hard to abide by the law when they will not help out citizens, needless to say my brother has his phone, wallet and punitive damages back

I would start by locking my stand and everything around it.

Camera's might work if you can hide them well enough, but you might try catching him in the act. Find the likely access point that he enters you're property and put the cameras there instead of at the stand where he will be looking for them.

Sounds like it's a neighbor and you know who it is, so I would warn others that live around you, and tell them that you are filing reports, and that your property is being watched.
Maybe word will get back to him that the heat is on.

so you guys may remember a while back i had made a post about a guy i had got on camera that was on horesback checking out my feeder....

Whatever you do, don't leave a live rattle snake in the stand.

Don't expect too much help from Law Enforcement. They have a lot on their plate (in addition to donuts) and aren't going to worry much about your small loss. It's not an income generator for them, and they'd much rather write speeding tickets - which is an income generator.

I worked with a young woman some years back and she had her new truck stolen. The cop took a report and didn't call back. After a week or two she called them and was told that her truck was probably in Mexico now, so use the insurance money to get a new truck. That was the end of that law enforcement effort. She went and got a new truck.