Need Help Stopping Wood Thief!

I'd think as soon as it turned into the slightest amount of effort they'd quit. Ambition is not a hallmark of sneakthieves. Motion lights and then a camera. Run a can of spraypaint on the top row and then you know when it's going on. You can find out if it's weekends, etc.

Game Camera.....cheap and will get pics and video.

Meanest thing on earth, Geese

Get some poison Ivy and rub it all over so really easy to access stuff - like soak it!! Then let them take it

Motion light and a camera or just a sign stating they are being digitally monitored should actually be deterrent enough for punks.

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WES999 said:

This would put a stop to it.

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I want one of these. Nobody's stealing my wood... I just want one.

Problem is if we are proactive about protecting our material possessions- we become the bad person - I have yet to understand the logic( or lack there of) of that liberal reasoning.

for car stereo thieves, i was shown to duct tape fish hooks around the back of the stereo. personally i never did that, i didn't want to meet the thief. .

Personally, I would be more than pleased to introduce myself to a thief on my property but, that is just me being myself. I am confident his experience with me would be memorable.

There were stories floating around last winter that went something like this:

Thieves case houses that have wood piles, watch to determine your work schedule, post a CL add. When someone responds to the add they reply with a specific pick up time and say they will help load. When buyer shows up at location, there are 2-4 shady characters who put the stacks into buyer's vehicle.....all while the homeowner is at work.

I have a CCTV setup similar to what had been posted earlier in the thread and did a backyard/woodpile view for one of the open channels a couple months ago. The camera is mounted about 30' high at the peak of my barn roof which gives a nice birds eye view of the backyard. Even though I haven't needed to catch any wood thieves, it is interesting to see the glowing eyes (critters) that are magnetically attracted to the woodpile at night and trigger the motion sensor. With the camera being 30' high, I don't know that I could get a clear license plate view or facial recognition with my setup; at best you could get a vehicle description and a time the incident occurred. Which is still a lot better than coming home and seeing wood missing, and having nothing.

Honestly, I would think a top cover tarp that's tied down well would be just inconvenient enough to turn away most thieves looking to get in/out quick Being single stacked, a 4' wide logpile tarp would block the first few layers on top. IMO, its a small price to pay to protect your hard work.

No issues with wood thieves here . . . but I spent a bit of money and put up Rab Motion Sensing Floodlights around the house for full coverage . . . figure I have more than just wood that I would rather not go missing.

I'd be a happy man if thieves were to come to my house and all they got away with is some firewood.
On the other hand, if I was a thief and got caught I'd feel pretty stupid if I ended up doing jail time and got a criminal record for a few arm loads of firewood.

I like the idea of putting up used targets from the rifle range on the sides of the wood stacks. If you're handy electrically, put up a couple of motion sensor lights and tie in a digital recorder/player with a loop of a big Rottie barking that goes off as the lights go on. That and some kind of game cam or budget security system. I do the paint across the top of the stacks as I had an inkling some years ago that someone might have been grabbing a few splits (nayboor's kid) and it does give you reassurance if nothing else that nothing has changed by simply looking at the paint line looking for gaps or changes.

KB007 said:

I like the idea of putting up used targets from the rifle range on the sides of the wood stacks. If you're handy electrically, put up a couple of motion sensor lights and tie in a digital recorder/player with a loop of a big Rottie barking that goes off as the lights go on. That and some kind of game cam or budget security system. I do the paint across the top of the stacks as I had an inkling some years ago that someone might have been grabbing a few splits (nayboor's kid) and it does give you reassurance if nothing else that nothing has changed by simply looking at the paint line looking for gaps or changes.

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I don't like the idea of posting any warning to thieves or trespassers notifying them that I am armed. I would rather they find that out when they're staring down the barrel.

I have one of these to let us know if someone is coming up the driveway. They are sensitive and take a little work to get properly positioned but work well. They have a long range and can sense anyone or anything coming near the area being monitored. A trail cam is nice, but by the time you look at the pics of your wood being stolen the perp will have already burned it, and unless it's a neighbor or someone familiar, what are you going to do?
http://www.amazon.com/Skylink-HA-43...id=1409058620&sr=8-7&keywords=driveway+sensor

By the time you get all your motion sensing stuff mounted and pointed and paid off the neighborhood kids will be bored with their pranks. A motion sensing floodlight could be handy for yourself at night in the winter bringing wood in and wont put you out as badly as installing techy security systems.

Id put a hot wire around it. One time with that will be enough for anyone. If itll stop a horse itll stop a wood thief.

Motion lights. Light that area up like a ballpark.

Craig S. said:

Motion lights. Light that area up like a ballpark.

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x3 or 4. This is what I did, couple $10-15 fixtures and 2 65W floods in each. Only stay on for minute or 5mn (selectable).
Then if necessary cameras - they work well together, the light trips the cameras to record and you get a much better picture than just the IR in the camera.

Anyone tried one of the flood lights with a camera built in?

http://www.amazon.com/Cooper-Lighti...1409239438&sr=8-1&keywords=flood+light+camera

isipwater said:

Alright, so the two terriers are sleeping outside tonight, next the the firewood. I have a baby monitor setup next to the dogs so I will hear them bark if I get some visitors. Now I am thinking of relocating all of my firewood to my other side yard that is fenced in. Not what I want to do but I am already tired of dealing with this. If I have any updates, I will be sure to post them.

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Forget the dogs, when the baby monitor goes off have your paintball gun ready and unload on them, it works on our farm with stray dogs. We don't have to kill them and their owners know they have been somewhere they should not have been.

In the old days, my brother-in-law was known to use 12G rock-salt

I guess a 'Smile your on Camera' sign might do the trick.

R'Lee said:

In the old days, my brother-in-law was known to use 12G rock-salt

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I got me some of the 12g rock salt in the back side as a teen. Hurt like hell, but I went back out of spite.