I need an anti-trespasser Go-Pro for my RTV

[FTG-05]

stupid double post.

 

[FTG-05]

I hate to say but I agree with adventure bob. Even with video and abolute proof, tresspassing is rarely enforced. I was almost arrested for unlawful detention and assault for holding until the game warden and sheriff arrived a guy who shot a deer in my back yard. I thought I was really lucky, I had the whole thing on video. They gave him a warning and told him to leave even after I showed them the video my wife recorded of the whole event, the deputy said the video just showed me breaking the law... Go figure. I installed a locked gate on my drive with motion detectors to a least slow down tresspassers.

Enforcement is less important than having a solid legal paper trail of abuse. Plus, the fact that they have to take a day off from work to drive 2 hours - one way- to go to court, even if the judge lets them off, no biggie, it still cost them.

The good news is that trespassing is enforced here. People here don't take kindly to trespassers.

Do you have a camera recommendation?

 

[FTG-05]

my internet service sucks here.....

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I just bought a plot watcher pro because my motion activated cameras were not catching everything I needed to see.

 

[adventure bob]

Ok first Kub Toy, you hate to agree with me? Why is that? Is it personal or situational or something else (JK!). I would think the only useful purpose of a camera in this instance as I understand it would be for you to video tape from afar and verbaly warn the perp that he is trespassing and catch some incriminating identifier, License plate clear facial that can be ID'd, something that showed him trespassing and you doing nothing but observing. If it were me, I tend to confront trespasser which is why I don't get many. We had some folks selling frozen meat cruising our neighborhood. They would show up, say that someone had ordered the meat, but backed out and now they had to sell the meat, meaning a great deal for me. I think they were actually scoping residences in our area. They were met in at least three instances by homeowners with guns demanding they get off the property. Strangely enough they have not returned. I told them they need to leave and if they returned they would be treated as trespassers with warning.

 

[houstonscott]

Enforcement is less important than having a solid legal paper trail of abuse. Plus, the fact that they have to take a day off from work to drive 2 hours - one way- to go to court, even if the judge lets them off, no biggie, it still cost them. The good news is that trespassing is enforced here. People here don't take kindly to trespassers. Do you have a camera recommendation?

Explain how the encounter unfolded. What did you say, what made you think it might go bad... An aluminum bat is nice, less risk then guns if your both unarmed. Stepping out with bat says a lot. HS

 

[95XL883]

"Do you have a camera recommendation"

Just some experience. I'm finding my newer Moultrie's are very sensitive to battery strength. Both said they had 99% battery but wouldn't capture images. The batteries tested at 1.5 volts. The cameras work fine with new batteries at 1.6 volts. Nice images at 1.6 volts but that doesn't seem to last long. I have had my Browning Special Ops for a year and really like it. Haven't pulled the batteries and measured their voltage but it reliably takes pics down to 30% battery. (Again, I don't know how that relates to volts.) HTH.

 

[95XL883]

Explain how the encounter unfolded. What did you say, what made you think it might go bad... An aluminum bat is nice, less risk then guns if your both unarmed. Stepping out with bat says a lot. HS

HS, not trying to be argumentative (I do agree it is best not to inflame a situation) but in this instance the trespasser was apparently deer hunting. If (and I realize that is an if) the trespasser was carrying a hunting rifle, the baseball bat is not what I would want to be carrying. I agree with you that I would like to hear the whole encounter.

 

[FTG-05]

"Do you have a camera recommendation"

Just some experience. I'm finding my newer Moultrie's are very sensitive to battery strength. Both said they had 99% battery but wouldn't capture images. The batteries tested at 1.5 volts. The cameras work fine with new batteries at 1.6 volts. Nice images at 1.6 volts but that doesn't seem to last long. I have had my Browning Special Ops for a year and really like it. Haven't pulled the batteries and measured their voltage but it reliably takes pics down to 30% battery. (Again, I don't know how that relates to volts.) HTH.

Mine's a Moultrie, I had it up at my pole barn near a watering hole and had it connected to the AC line so that batteries wouldn't be an issue. Apparently never took any pics.

It could have been the way I had programmed (or not as the case may be) or it may have to do with the fact that I used a 32GB card and it wasn't set up to use one that big. I know my smart card readers won't work with 32GB, so I need some new ones. I was very disappointed to not have pics after all that time..... ;(

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I have half a dozen Wildgame Innovations Cloak 6 game cameras. They have done very well at providing me with wildlife and trespasser pictures. But putting the camera in a spot where it will pick up motion, capture the picture of what created the motion, and not stand out so much that it is easily avoided, taken, or destroyed, is a difficult chore.
I keep several of them hidden as best I can and I have two that are "sacrificial lambs". Those two are blatantly out in the open aimed at my driveway.....oddly enough, some people still don't see them.