The Thievin' Bas*****

[grsthegreat]

Im lucky i guess. Ive lived here in rural N. Idaho for 28 years and have not lost 1 thing to theft. I have lost stuff due to forgetting where i put the stupid thing.

Everyone up here is armed…i guess a crook has to take that into account. Most people have dogs also that alert to trouble.

I dont leave keys in anything, and lock the house and out buildings. I dont want to make it easy for someone. I dont have any security cameras and never will. I refuse to live being scared of everything.

Just yesterday, i was repairing a generator for a client and i could not get cell reception at his place. I told him id email him a receipt when i get to a place with coverage. A few miles closer to town i saw i had coverage, so i pulled over to curb and completed my paperwork. While i was working some lady came up to my truck and demanded to know who i was and what i was doing. I told her im on a public street and to leave me alone. She was adamant about it, and i showed her my ipad and asked her to either leave me alone or move back to California if you so afraid. Than i drove off.

 

[mrmikey]

Be thankful you don't live here. You catch someone that's broken in your house, you shoot them in your house you're the one that gets in legal trouble. You don't have the right to shoot someone in your house, what a bunch of BS. The thieves have more rights than you.
I 'spose you're supposed to ask, "'Scuse me, do you plan on murdering me or just robbing me, if robbing, I'll just roll over and go back to sleep, murder I'll try and escape"
I sooo wish we were CC around here the way things are headed.

 

[ning]

Didn't read everything so I don't know what else is suggested.

I have on of these: Amazon.com

I purchased it specifically because it does not require any type of internet connection. However you do need to buy a memory card for it because it does not come with one. You can connect to it with your a smart phone using bluetooth if you are in range, but it is not required for operation. It works well, I've had mine for more than 2 years.

I got one of these hoping to get some good shots of a gray fox family that took up residence in my barn. Unfortunately it didn't seem to care about getting pics of the fox. I personally give it maybe 2-3/5. Took great pictures of me, few of the fox and her kits. The eufy camera I stuck out there temporarily did a much better job. Bright white and expensive though, I wouldn't advise it for catching humans.

The bluetooth/wifi connectivity is laughable; it uses bluetooth to ... I guess say hello between phone and camera - presumably to get the camera to be on the same wifi as the phone - and then it uses wifi to transfer pictures. Overly complicated and the Wifi range is pathetic, about a hundred feet at the most. The bluetooth/wifi is just for downloading pics from the camera's card without handling the camera. Could be useful if you have the camera up in a tree I suppose.

 

[bdhsfz6]

There are probably threads on this already, but I am in a hurry and don't have much time to search and read.
I am clearing and getting ready to build on some land and I got hit Sunday sometime. I have four shipping containers that have building materials in them along with some other personal things from our move stored. The broke the locks and stole three chainsaws that I know of, ransacked the other containers. Police want us to inventory the containers to see if anything is missing, which we are about to leave this morning and start doing.
What I need quick advice on is, what is a good trail cam that can be used in a place with basically zero cell service and no electricity? Specific brands and models and if you are using, or know someone who is using under similar conditions.
What really pi** me off was they smashed the side door on my cargo trailer and tried to pry open the engine cover on my new excavator.
I will not be able to give a lot of fast responses to any posts here, but please know I will be reading them and respond when I can.

I know how you feel, it's difficult to put into words when someone violates your personal space. It happened to me years ago when I was building the house.

I was working full time and building the place in my spare time. I was young & foolish, and there was no crime around here at the time, so I took no real precautions. The house is in a remote area at the end of a long steep private road. At first, it was just small things that disappeared, like a few pieces of copper pipe, wire, pieces of lumber etc. It wasn't until tools started disappearing that I began locking things up.

I was going up the road on a slippery winter day to do some work when I came up to a van stuck in a ditch. It belonged to a good friend and drinking buddy who was trying to dig it out, so I stopped to help. He was building his own house and said he was just paying a visit to see how my place was coming along. It sounded plausible until I spotted one of my power saws in the back of the van!

This really opened my eyes about crime, and who is often responsible. I grabbed the saw and told him if ANYTHING around here goes missing in the future, I would turn him in to the police. An empty threat perhaps, but it worked. To this day, there has been no theft around here since. I never saw my "friend" again and have no idea what happened to him.

After I learned that lesson, I installed game cams around the property as a precaution. They are well hidden and not likely to be spotted. I use solar powered Reconyx cameras so the only maintenance is to change the SD card a couple of times a year.

Now days, I'm not sure if the cameras would really be effective. Thieves have become accustomed to them. They wear hoodies and use stolen vehicles or stolen license plates, which are tough to trace. As mentioned earlier in the thread, even with photo evidence, police are loathe to do any real investigation and just make out a report. Unfortunately, it has to be a violent crime to get their attention.

If I ever do start having theft issues, I think I would resort to booby trapping. I saw in the paper recently about a contractor who was plagued with thieves breaking into his storage containers. He set up a dummy container next to the others with a large paint bomb inside, rigged to go off when the door was opened. Apparently, it worked. Some thief set it off and the theft problem all but disappeared. I don't think it was the paint so much as not knowing what else might be in one of the containers.

 

[lman]

Just showing a firearm here will get you a trip downtown unless you have a permit even in your front yard…

No permit needed here.

 

[Thomas]

Need little of old west justice...short rope strong tree limb!!!

 

[ultrarunner]

It's come down to a pass on property crime with the standard response is go online to file a report for insurance...

 

[Jstpssng]

It's come down to a pass on property crime with the standard response is go online to file a report for insurance...

Could that be why insurers are dropping policies left and right in your state?

 

[ultrarunner]

Could that be why insurers are dropping policies left and right in your state?

It makes no sense when everything is file a claim…

People that file claims get dropped and too many regional claims and companies leave since redlining is illegal.

 

[D&D]

I must live in a unique area, it seems like they still arrest people and throw them in jail.

Do some follow ups, you may be surprised/disappointed.