I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

[dozerII]

That really sucks, time for a little fire power

 

[BWR1953]

Yup. It stinks. Am returning the trail cam today. Never did work right. Will get a better unit with a visible flash. Going to start leaving our outside light on at night too. And I do have motion light that I will install.

Sucks that all this is needed.

 

[Alumarine]

Yup. It stinks. Am returning the trail cam today. Never did work right. Will get a better unit with a visible flash. Going to start leaving our outside light on at night too. And I do have motion light that I will install.

Sucks that all this is needed.

If they see the visible flash won't they just take or damage the trail cam?
Some do work better than others and some are easier to setup than others as well.
I really, really dislike trespassers, vandals and thieves.

 

[BWR1953]

If they see the visible flash won't they just take or damage the trail cam?
Some do work better than others and some are easier to setup than others as well.
I really, really dislike trespassers, vandals and thieves.

If they are truly criminals, yes I do run the risk of having the cam damaged or stolen. I'll try to set it up high enough and far enough inside my property line in hopes that it will give them second thoughts about risking deep intrusion and possible ramifications of same.

Unfortunately, my truck is parked just a few feet from the fence. As is the boat, which is under a tent shelter. No real security for either of those.

If I escalate too much, I then run the risk of having the truck or boat damaged as well. Had that problem a decade ago with another car, due to what my neighbor did, not me. I just went outside to talk with the neighbor when the incident happened. The neighbor ended up with four slashed tires and my car windshield was shot out with a pellet gun. We knew exactly who did the deeds but had zero proof. :mad-new:

 

[BWR1953]

Hello all. Been fighting health stuff again. Am in the hospital now. Inpatient. For testing. May be here a couple days while they run me through the gamut. Ugh. Wife and boy at home. Brought a bunch of stuff to fight boredom.

 

[jbcurt00]

Rest up and get home soon. Godspeed

 

[BWR1953]

Thanks JB. Am all settled in now. Had dinner and all the usual hospital prep stuff. Surfing the net now.

 

[BWR1953]

Well, while I'm sitting here waiting for the next round, I'll bring you folks up to date with the trespasser situation.

They come over the fence then make a right and go up a trail they've created.

What I'm gonna do is fill that clearing with thorny, sharp tree branches and stumps, etc. Will make it unusable. Hopefully.

Since I have to remove a lot of trees anyway, might as well put them to work!

Dang. Can't upload the pic. Too big.

 

[BWR1953]

Trying pic again. I cropped it on my phone.

Looks like it worked.

 

[BWR1953]

This is the clearing in the corner. The pic in the prior post is the trail. So combine the two for the whole area.

 

[Decker83]

Sorry to hear about the hospital stay.. Hope they get you going in the right direction soon..

 

[BWR1953]

Thanks! Am still in hospital. Haven't seen a doc since 10 this morning. So more waiting. Hopefully they'll get the tests done tomorrow.

Meanwhile I'm just relaxing, watching tv and surfing the net.

Food sucks though. LOL

 

[BWR1953]

So what do y'all think of my pseudo-punji stick idea?

 

[g0nef1sshn]

Liking your thorn idea BWR! Get well soon bud, and get back to slippin pics of the "other" tin :tea:

 

[BWR1953]

Thanks guys. I'm home again. Got here a short while ago. Nothing new to report at this time... maybe tomorrow.

Good to be home though! :joyous:

 

[Decker83]

Nothing like being home.. Take it easy for a while..

 

[oldhaven]

Home is the best medicine.

 

[BWR1953]

Thanks guys! Home is indeed the best. :joyous:

So here's the bottom line for my hospital stay... they just added another prescription to my regimen to help boost my immune system. The boost is needed due to the steroids. Argh.

Not much really happened. Pretty much just sat around for 3 days. Lots of consults and blood drawn but no other testing. The MRI machine broke while I was being wheeled for a go. So they decided that I didn't need an MRI anyway. Meh.

Was busy today but did get started on my punji-plan! Picked out the first tree which will fall to shield us from the criminal types. And decided that I will not only fill that clearing, but the pathway as well, plus all along my fence line as deep as I can with the materials available. Should last a few years before rotting away. Maybe that'll be long enough that the intruders will move (it's a rental house) before the tree stuff becomes ineffective.

And yes, I'll also be adding the electric hot wire on top. My friend who put the fence up was not happy with what the intruders did! So he's all in for zapping them! :lol:

Hope to get started tomorrow afternoon. Maybe.

 

[Decker83]

Yea ZAP AWAY!!!!!!

 

[BWR1953]

No physical work done today but I did do some computer work. It's not to scale and doesn't show everything, but it gets the point across.

Talked with a guy today who gave me a different perspective on the trespasser situation. I'd explained that I completely understand why the people want to take the route they're taking. Walking down my driveway and through the vacant lot saves them about 1 1/2 miles of walking. Reasonable, but still trespassing.

But they're only trespassing on my driveway, not my property, now that the fence is up. The adjacent empty lot doesn't belong to me but I fenced off the entrance in order to dissuade them. I just don't like them walking a few feet from my truck and boat. The fella I spoke with said that I should simply provide the trespassers a pathway to get from my road on the north end to their place on the south end which wouldn't make me nervous. Hmmm... says I. Been thinking about it ever since and drew up a couple diagrams. No decisions have been made thus far though.

NOTE: My wife doesn't like the idea of the trespassers still coming down our driveway in order to get to the pathway. A very good point.

Anywho, here's what I have. Would appreciate comments on the idea and any other options I may have.


This is the path that the trespassers are currently taking. Down my drive (the adjacent portion is rougher) and then switching over to the vacant lot at the junction.





The option mentioned above is to block off most of the clearing and all along the west side of my property line with logs, trees, etc. in order to "guide" the walkers to an easier path which is farther away from my place and truck and boats and whatnot. But they'd still use my drive, which I honestly don't like.