Post by: rtspring on April 22, 2011, 11:03:42 AM
I am looking for ideas or ways to keep some one from stealing it when I am not in camp for a day or so. I usually don't leave it unattended but there are the days when I am gone for 24 hrs or so.
I have heard about mabye putting up trail cams, and such. But i am looking at a finding any way to protect it from even the thought of being taken while I am not there... I hope that it never does but after putting out 1700.00 bucks I would be one pissed off mo fo...
I am thinking of having our hunt camp name sewn into two sides of it as big as I can get, That way if someone takes it, it would be hard for them to explain the name etc.
give me your ideas..
thanks
Post by: MikeWalking on April 22, 2011, 11:29:35 AM
Post by: MtnMuley on April 22, 2011, 11:32:03 AM
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on April 22, 2011, 11:50:32 AM
Do you have a big gnarly-ass mutt you could plant in there to "greet" anyone?
Post by: rtspring on April 22, 2011, 02:28:30 PM
I never leave anything of much value but like I said, I have only had the tent for one year and was in camp or hunting the whole time. I am usually the one checking on everyones camp ( weekends hunters) Don't know if leaving a vehicle in camp would make much of a diffrence or not.
hopefully more ideas will come by means of this thread....
thanks again
Post by: robodad on April 22, 2011, 03:14:28 PM
"I stopped by to answer your questions but it appears that you have stepped away for a few, I'll return in a couple hours to see if your back" "Officer Kram"
Post by: GoldTip on April 22, 2011, 03:21:52 PM
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Post by: jackmaster on April 22, 2011, 03:28:31 PM
Leave a sign on the door that reads:GREAT IDEA, MIND IF I STEAL IT :chuckle: :chuckle:
"I stopped by to answer your questions but it appears that you have stepped away for a few, I'll return in a couple hours to see if your back" "Officer Kram"
Post by: TheHunt on April 22, 2011, 03:45:07 PM
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on April 22, 2011, 03:57:22 PM
Post by: rtspring on April 22, 2011, 04:20:26 PM
boy would they ever be in for a shock of their life.......
Post by: bearpaw on April 22, 2011, 04:22:41 PM
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Post by: jackmaster on April 25, 2011, 11:16:58 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 25, 2011, 11:22:11 AM
Post by: Jason on April 25, 2011, 11:27:20 AM
How about one of the tiny chips they use for pets?
Those chips have no tracking ability. You would have to find the tent first and then run a scanner over it
to see if it has a chip.
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 25, 2011, 11:29:37 AM
TRACE:DOG (www.tracedog.fr (http://www.tracedog.fr)) has developed, in close collaboration with veterinarians, two GPS pet tracking devices for dogs. The TRACE:GPS is an assisted-GPS pet tracking device for GSM networks. The TRACE:GSM does not use GPS signals, but determines its position by mobile phone network triangulation. Both devices have a quad-band GSM modem incorporated. Via Internet you can see where your dog is on a variable-scale map. With your mobile phone, you can send an alarm signal to your dog's device and if your phone supports MMS technology, you will instantly receive a mapped location. You can also obtain the dog's location via a SMS text message or even via a voice server. TRACE:DOG is sold by veterinarians, pet shops and garden centers.
Here's the webpage:
http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/gps-pet-tracking.html (http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/gps-pet-tracking.html)
I'm pretty sure this makes me a genius.
Post by: TheHunt on April 25, 2011, 11:29:44 AM
A better idea is to get a GPS device that you would put into a pre-sewn pocket. Then when it gets hi-jacked you call a 1-800 number and they track it or the other you track it. You bring in cops in and off to jail they go.
Post by: haugenna on April 25, 2011, 11:36:30 AM
If you keep the frame tight and bolted together, can the canvas come off?
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 25, 2011, 11:38:22 AM
Post by: jackmaster on April 25, 2011, 12:06:23 PM
Regardless, I still consider myself a genius!i like that idea pianoman ..... that sounds like a good plan, i am gonna talk to the vet, thank you for the good idea :hello:
Post by: couesbitten on April 25, 2011, 05:36:37 PM
You bring in cops in and off to jail they go.
I don't want the cops to find them, I want to find them. In fact, once I've found them, I don't want anyone to ever find them. :devil:
Post by: YoterHunter on April 25, 2011, 06:43:05 PM
Post by: timberghost72 on April 25, 2011, 08:14:33 PM
The active RFID tags still need a radio within 500 feet. So that would not work.
A better idea is to get a GPS device that you would put into a pre-sewn pocket. Then when it gets hi-jacked you call a 1-800 number and they track it or the other you track it. You bring in cops in and off to jail they go.
Why not use "The Spot" tracking device for people. Just turn it on and put it in tracking mode before you leave. If the tent is stolen just log on to the nearest computer (or call a buddy/wife etc..) and track it then. Have a hidden pocket to put it in. :twocents:
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on April 25, 2011, 08:49:15 PM
OK, here's the really cool answer for this.
TRACE:DOG (www.tracedog.fr (http://www.tracedog.fr)) has developed, in close collaboration with veterinarians, two GPS pet tracking devices for dogs. The TRACE:GPS is an assisted-GPS pet tracking device for GSM networks. The TRACE:GSM does not use GPS signals, but determines its position by mobile phone network triangulation. Both devices have a quad-band GSM modem incorporated. Via Internet you can see where your dog is on a variable-scale map. With your mobile phone, you can send an alarm signal to your dog's device and if your phone supports MMS technology, you will instantly receive a mapped location. You can also obtain the dog's location via a SMS text message or even via a voice server. TRACE:DOG is sold by veterinarians, pet shops and garden centers.
Here's the webpage:
http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/gps-pet-tracking.html (http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/gps-pet-tracking.html)
I'm pretty sure this makes me a genius.
Couple of problems.....
1. You have to have GSM service so if you have Verizon or Sprint you're outta luck.
2. You have to be in an area that has cell service.
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on April 25, 2011, 09:31:18 PM
Personally I just can't understand how it is physically possible to steal another persons hunting camp. I mean to do that, knowing someone with a rifle and who knows how to use it may return at any moment, you would have to have balls so big they would clank together when you walk and you wouldn't be able to walk more than 10 feet due to the size of them!
Lmfao! That's is the funniest thing I've read in awhile.
I never thought this was an issue for that reason. Hope you catch them in the act and use them to weigh it down so the next guy can't move it.
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on April 25, 2011, 09:35:52 PM
Maybe you could find someone to tag along for a fee....basically a camp babysitter that guards your stuff. Too bad you can't just surround it with landmines.What your thinking of is known as a wife. Sure she would keep it safe, but then you gotta deal with a wife in camp ; )
Post by: sakoshooter on April 27, 2011, 12:37:56 PM
I'd have to agree that a guy would have to have big balls to open someones tent w/smoke coming out of the chimney.
Post by: halflife65 on April 27, 2011, 01:05:34 PM
Personally I just can't understand how it is physically possible to steal another persons hunting camp. I mean to do that, knowing someone with a rifle and who knows how to use it may return at any moment, you would have to have balls so big they would clank together when you walk and you wouldn't be able to walk more than 10 feet due to the size of them!
Lmfao! That's is the funniest thing I've read in awhile.
I never thought this was an issue for that reason. Hope you catch them in the act and use them to weigh it down so the next guy can't move it.
Nope, don't need big balls just the deranged behavior that comes with being a meth addict. They'll do whatever it takes to get stuff to sell to buy more and damn the consequences.
From pianoman: Regardless, I still consider myself a genius!
You're a genius just because you didn't start that off with "irregardless."
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on April 27, 2011, 04:35:27 PM
I'll see any meth addicts around.
Post by: dannysdaddy on April 27, 2011, 04:46:41 PM
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on April 28, 2011, 03:06:56 AM
We go to Montana and never worry about it. I love that feeling.
Another subject that has me pissed is that my deer got stolen out of our camp one year. hwy410 near whistlin jacks, Well was like 21years ago. I was 14. My dad was pissed, it was my deer to.
Post by: MikeWalking on April 28, 2011, 04:00:00 AM
The first thing that comes to mind is a few well positioned claymores. point them away from your stuff of course so you dont mess up your fancy new tent!!! :chuckle:
...or a motion sensor wired up to a good Caller with multiple dogs barking
Post by: rosscrazyelk on May 08, 2011, 06:36:14 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on May 08, 2011, 07:31:46 PM
Well I don't do much hunting in trailer parks so I don't thinkUnfortunately the meth addicts have wheels and roam. I usually feel better about leaving my truck on the side of the road during hunting season than when scouting. Last year I got to a trailhead that had a camp set up and the guy hopped in his truck and drove off for the day. Leaving a camp would ride my nerves the whole time. Maybe he had cameras or a lifesize cutout of Chuck Norris in his tent. An option could be to leave a small stereo playing when you are away from the camp---put on the music from Deliverance or something. I just picked up some trail cams that were on clearance for $25 that I might set up around my camp.
I'll see any meth addicts around.
Post by: Cascade_Sherpa on June 21, 2011, 03:20:27 PM
Can you paddlock or bolt the frame and joints together? I have no idea if that will work. I have never put one together.
If you keep the frame tight and bolted together, can the canvas come off?
I thought about this idea as well, I think that it could work, because all you would really need to do is make the modification visable enough to make the theif realize that its gonna take some serious work to get the frame apart. If you could weld some eye bolts to some of the major joints and run a bright orange painted cable through several of the vertical and horizontal runs. It could be as light as a Stainless Steel braided 1/4" cable, and I've even talked to a canvas seamstress about sewing a 1/8" SS cable down the ridge of the tent, then leaving a loop or another eyebolt to put a padlock from the frame cable on either end of the tent.
Or maybe once the tent is set up run a heavy bicycle cable from the sewn in cable to the closest tree of decent size.