I've had a crapload of traps stolen over the years, never got any satisfaction even when I tracked the guy right to his house. Called the DNR every time, no one ever got into any trouble and I never had even a single trap returned.
Same here. Even told the CO exactly who did it. I got 2 traps back..that was it..of about 30......the guy got a "warning" .....funny thing ....later in the season same CO stopped me..went through almost my entire stack of traps in the back of the truck....found one that the tag got chewed off...no warning for me.