Keeping your hives out of sight to avoid troublesome kids. Game/Trail Camera?

[riverbee]

"Shame them by posting them on the    WWW"

edward, i learned how to fight back......a little, i shame the trespassing fisherman who think our property is a county park; camping out, starting fires, parking and driving where they want, walking where they want, bring thier dogs in to run wherever, tearing signs and fencing down.....etc by posting their pictures on local websites for those seeking info about our river and with local flyshops and the local trout unlimited chapters........

the beehives.....not so much luck, but still get some lookie loos.....and sorry this happened to you. with the beehives is typically the rural country boys with nothing better to do (teens) or delinquent adults, so photos go out to my neighbors.......   i don't bother with law enforcement anymore, just a phone call to make a report, and the dnr, but the photos to my neighbors gets attention.

[LazyBkpr]

but the photos to my neighbors gets attention.


   Thats the way it works here.  Put the word out and EVERYONE starts paying attention.  We had an OLD jon boat stolen from our pond.. I put the word out, started taking to people, and within four days had put together the whole picture.. Drove to the kids house and guess what? Theres my boat in his garage..
  I didnt call the law, I knocked and asked if I could get my boat returned...  there was a LOT of yelling by mom and dad..  a lot of appologizing too..   I just smiled...    The things I did when I was that age werent any better. we all go through it, and for the record, I DID have rock salt dug out of my butt and back, for steeling a watermelon..  NEVER did that again let me tell you!

[keeperofthebees]

I have a branding iron and I mark all my boxes.  So far I have had no problems.

   Use it on the thieves instead, you wont  likely have anyone else try to take the hives 

Put the thieves on a chain gang ranch.  Why waste money getting the iron hot with coal.  Coal is too expensive anymore.

[Slowmodem]

Why waste money getting the iron hot with coal.  Coal is too expensive anymore.

We go through about 10,000 tons of coal a day here where I work.   

[keeperofthebees]

but the photos to my neighbors gets attention.


   Thats the way it works here.  Put the word out and EVERYONE starts paying attention.  We had an OLD jon boat stolen from our pond.. I put the word out, started taking to people, and within four days had put together the whole picture.. Drove to the kids house and guess what? Theres my boat in his garage..
  I didnt call the law, I knocked and asked if I could get my boat returned...  there was a LOT of yelling by mom and dad..  a lot of appologizing too..   I just smiled...    The things I did when I was that age werent any better. we all go through it, and for the record, I DID have rock salt dug out of my butt and back, for steeling a watermelon..  NEVER did that again let me tell you!

I need to get some pics first...Alot of guys are watching out for a jar of honey!  I'll be glad to send someone home with a big jar, if they help me catch the guy knocking stuff over.

[lazy shooter]

ablanton, you didn't grease the right palms. Local law here doesn't work for nothing.

Iddee's law enforcement is quite similar to mine.  I owned my ranch for five years without hearing from the local sheriff's department.  Then I was invited to buy some tickets to their annual barbecue.  I bought four tickets and made an additional 100 dollar donation while there.  A week the deputy that patrols my area came by and told me if I would give him my electric gate combination, he would drive through my place once a week.  I did and he does.  I have kept my annual contribution in place and the deputy checks my place once a week at random times.  As we say down here, it's the best law enforcement money can buy.

Is it right for some folks to have better law enforcement.  NO  Am I an old guy that afford to play the game, and wants additional security.  YES  Just saying……….

[iddee]

My sister retired after 30 years as a magistrate. Her daughter is a deputy sheriff. I don't ask for no special favors, but don't complain if I get good law enforcement coverage.   

PS. The daughter deputy is a member here on the forum. Hope I don't get in trouble for this thread.

[LazyBkpr]

Out here, if your going to get robbed you need to notify the police a week in advance..
  I'm not complaining, we like it this way, but in a REAl emergency you have to plan on 30 to 40 minutes for help in the form of Law enforcement to arrive. Ambulance takes about 20 minutes, farmers and rednecks take anywhere from two to five minutes to arrive. To clarify, the farmers and rednecks are the local fire department. They carry axes, ladders and shotguns.........

[Slowmodem]

An oldie, but still funny:

A man was going to bed one night when his wife told him that he had left the light on in the shed. She could see the light was on from the bedroom window. As the man looked for himself he saw that there were people in the shed taking things.
The man phoned the police, but they told him that no one was in the area to help him at that time, but they would send someone over as soon as they were available.
He said "OK," hung up, and waited one minute, then phoned the police back. "Hello" he said, "I just called you a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now 'cause I've shot them."
Within five minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, an Armed Response unit, the works. Of course, they caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the officers said: "I thought you said that you shot Them!" The man replied, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

[riverbee]

"My sister retired after 30 years as a magistrate. Her daughter is a deputy sheriff. I don't ask for no special favors, but don't complain if I get good law enforcement coverage.   
PS. The daughter deputy is a member here on the forum. Hope I don't get in trouble for this thread."

oops......okay where i am, pierce county, wisconsin, it is 592 square miles, there are more bears in pierce county wisconsin than there are deputy sheriffs on duty at any one time to patrol it. (total 3). we are so far out in the country, like lazy, to respond out here is a wait, ambulance?  might as well drive yourself there, but that is the drawback of country living.  in my suburb res, law enforcement shows up in full force, short period of time and at times in swat gear, because of all the shenanigans my neighbors pull.

overall i will have to say that the deputies in pierce county are very familiar/friendly with us, and stop by the house from time to time, and do their diligent best, as does the one dnr officer assigned to our area.

[minz]

Trail cams are cool. Some things to keep in mind.  The IR flash is like any other, it is only good enough to the range of the flash.  Here is a primos shot, and you can see it is right at the range:
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/6minz/Hunting/Elk3_zps484a0aa0.jpg
These cameras take great pictures during the day, like anything else you need light.
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/6minz/Hunting/PRMS0001_zpsb9bdd838.jpg
Keep in mind that if you get one with a visible flash the limitations for the distance are the same but the people you are taking pictures of can also see the flash
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/6minz/Hunting/Elk4_zps449b785b.jpg

[keeperofthebees]

Trail cams are cool. Some things to keep in mind.  The IR flash is like any other, it is only good enough to the range of the flash.  Here is a primos shot, and you can see it is right at the range:
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/6minz/Hunting/Elk3_zps484a0aa0.jpg
These cameras take great pictures during the day, like anything else you need light.
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/6minz/Hunting/PRMS0001_zpsb9bdd838.jpg
Keep in mind that if you get one with a visible flash the limitations for the distance are the same but the people you are taking pictures of can also see the flash
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/6minz/Hunting/Elk4_zps449b785b.jpg

What unit do you have?  What did you pay for it?

[barry42001]

kind of funny a friend of mine was out hunting, redneck sorta guy who would put trail cams out to record the pattern of the deer coming and going to the area. when we had the trail cams positioned so that they would have overlapping fields of view from different points.  some other redneck stole one of those trail cams  my friend just put a note up on the tree where the camera was clearly stating that the donkey who stole the first one failed to notice the second one and that my friend knew what the moron looks like so he can put it back or next hunting season won't be deer that's getting hunted.

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[keeperofthebees]

kind of funny a friend of mine was out hunting, redneck sorta guy who would put trail cams out to record the pattern of the deer coming and going to the area. when we had the trail cams positioned so that they would have overlapping fields of view from different points.  some other redneck stole one of those trail cams  my friend just put a note up on the tree where the camera was clearly stating that the donkey who stole the first one failed to notice the second one and that my friend knew what the moron looks like so he can put it back or next hunting season won't be deer that's getting hunted.

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It sounds like a bad larry the cable guy episode.  It's time to put the bees in an old silo, steel poleshed, or way out in a quarry.

[barry42001]

oh where I had to bees before, one inbred, redneck drove his truck over top of my beehives I only had 5 and he got them all. lost one queen, but it damage the hives and destroyed ton of brood. the colonies never really recovered, superseded several times over the course of the summer.   to avoid that from happening again I cut about 40 2 foot lengths of three-quarter inch re-rod and laid them drove all but 8 inches into the ground in a pattern that you would not get without losing tires or oil pan.


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[LazyBkpr]

Ouch!!!   A tele pole buried 5 foot deep with two foot out of the ground works fairly well too..

   I love trail cams!! Every time I spot one I moon it!!   Was quite hilarious till the victims figured out who it was...  Then I had about 100 pictures of Moon shots, dancing rednecks, fake deer, Wall mounts "runing" past etc etc...   

[minz]

The one with the IR flash is a primos truth cam 35 (it is printed right on the picture with the weather data).  They have always been under $100 (I see they are on Amazon for $80).
I also did the rebar thing. 18” pieces put in a triangle (tank trap) and tie wired together.  I put orange ribbon all over them.  The kids still drove down through the field over my trees.  Only one time though!