Thief camera
Gordon
I've had a problem with my truck being prowled and I'd like to catch
the sob.
I'm thinking a trail camera set up in the overhead of the carport
would work to get some pictures of this sucker.
So, I would need something cheap, can take pictures at night and
wouldn't alert him.
Would a trail cam do this? Feasible? Recommendations for a camera?
Or would a bear trap be better? Yeah, I know, I know!
Thanks
Gordon
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers.com
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Trail cameras have been used quite successfully to catch trespassers and
neighborhood thieves. But, I would suggest that you get an infra-red,
"flashless" trail camera. Otherwise you'll not only have your truck broken
into, but they'll steal your camera too!
Tim
touches it he, or she, gets shocked :) Too bad that's probably illegal.
Anyway, problem with most trail cams is they have a flash that would alert
the criminal and then they would steal or destroy the camera. There are
some that use infrared, (IR), but they cost more. No flash to be seen. Not
sure how much more they cost though. Also not sure if they make any noise.
You'd have to experiment. Hope this helps.
Tim
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Long Ranger
Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a
directly proportional degradation in language.
Joseph-Marie de Maistre
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with IR illuminators. Can't remember brands and models right off the top,
since I've only used my friends. Deer hunting stuff is already going into
sale mode though, and I saw a deal at Midwayusa recently. Good luck with the
thief. People I know who have tried similar things were typically surprised
by who they caught. Don't tell anyone, since you may tip off the thief.
IGot2P
Speaking of neighborhood thieves and trail cameras, let me tell my
story. A couple of weeks ago we noticed that the cat food bowl in our
shop was going down waaaaaaaaay too fast for our one cat to be eating.
We have a pet door going into the shop and I suspected that an opossum
or a raccoon had been going in at night and eating so I set up one of my
trail cams and aimed it at the bowl.
A week later I pulled the SD card out and stuck it in one of our
computers. Hell, I had black cats, white cats, yellow cats, black and
white cats, you name it and I had been feeding them. No opossums or
raccoons, just all the neighborhood cats!
That's my story and I am sticking to it. :-)
Don
Eric Maiwald
Hi Gordon,
As others have said, a camera that takes IR pictures would do the trick. I
don't know all the brand prices off the top of my head (check cabelas.com
if you want) but the Cuddeback IR is about $50 more than the regular
flash camera. I will caution you that the IR pictures have a lower
resolution than the flash pictures(1.3M vs 5M in the Cuddeback) so you
do lose some detail.
Eric
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George
the area when it is dark. Hook it up to a VCR and you would have a record of
what is going on and you have a better chance of getting the individuals
face recorded. The camera is usually smaller in diameter then a Coke can,
and much shorter. It might be a good idea to check Radio Shack or an
electronics store to see what they prices run.
Just check the truck in the morning and if nothing is missing rewind the
tape and set it up for the next night.
George in Las Vegas
Don H.
I bought a Wildview 5 mega pixel IR camera at Dick's for $99 and it has
taken some great shots. It also came with a 1gig card.
Long Ranger
Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a
directly proportional degradation in language.
Joseph-Marie de Maistre
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I had a neighbor's cat using my flower box as a litter box. I set a big
live-catch trap and caught him the first night. I put the cat, in the trap,
on my front lawn around the time my neighbor was due home from work and
waited for him to arrive. He came over and started ranting about me having
his cat, and I just let him get the cat out, not saying a word. As he was
walking away, telling me I "better not do that again", I said, "If he comes
here again you won't know it". Never had another problem.
Chasseur
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I concur with the previous posters. Also the infra red LEDs do emit red
light so I would position the camera in way that you need a ladder to reach
it because your prowler may see that red light.
Chasseur
Canada