Vandals

[CMorg]

I have a house that sits pretty far off the road. I also have 6 acres I mow with a scag zero turn mower with the lawn striper kit , so I have those cool stripes in my lawn. I take good care of my grass with fertalizer and once a year core aeration. Some nutsack last night decided to turn into my driveway , then into my lawn and procede to do a doughnut. I wish I could have caught them. My question is , what do I do now ? Let this one slide and see if it happens again ? Then what ? I cant stay up all night and go to work in the mornings...

[cassidyta]

I would place a makeshift spike strip in my yard, but that is just me.

[bamabassman]

go to the local handy man store (home depot, lowes ace). or go to your local steel fab shop. get some of the iron rebar rods about 2 foot long. take a grinder and file em to a point. drive into ground along the side of your driveway to where they stick up about 2-3 inches high. then wait for the "pop, siiiissssssss". go out and hold shotgun on em while your wife calls the local police. they ain't going nowhere with 4 flat tires right? probably teenage boys trying to be cool. a leason that would be well EARNEDafter they RESOW your lawn and mow it for the next summer FREE of charge WHILE you are out fishing.



just a suggestion for you buddy.

[CMorg]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

go to the local handy man store (home depot, lowes ace). or go to your local steel fab shop. get some of the iron rebar rods about 2 foot long. take a grinder and file em to a point. drive into ground along the side of your driveway to where they stick up about 2-3 inches high. then wait for the "pop, siiiissssssss". go out and hold shotgun on em while your wife calls the local police. they ain't going nowhere with 4 flat tires right? probably teenage boys trying to be cool. a leason that would be well EARNEDafter they RESOW your lawn and mow it for the next summer FREE of charge WHILE you are out fishing.



just a suggestion for you buddy.

Great idea , but a few questions. 1. How would you drive them into the ground when they are already ground to a point ? 2. How would you ever get them back out of the ground ?

[WaffleJaw]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

go to the local handy man store (home depot, lowes ace). or go to your local steel fab shop. get some of the iron rebar rods about 2 foot long. take a grinder and file em to a point. drive into ground along the side of your driveway to where they stick up about 2-3 inches high. then wait for the "pop, siiiissssssss". go out and hold shotgun on em while your wife calls the local police. they ain't going nowhere with 4 flat tires right? probably teenage boys trying to be cool. a leason that would be well EARNEDafter they RESOW your lawn and mow it for the next summer FREE of charge WHILE you are out fishing.



just a suggestion for you buddy.

I was gonna suggest a catapult that launches tigers...But Bama's and Cassi's ideas are much better,and less expensive.


Seriously though,I hope they're smart enough not to do it again.

[nofearengineer]

Clint, while I am with Bama in spirit, I would seriously advise against putting metal spikes in your yard.

A neighbor's child running through your yard could trip and fall on one, and then you would be homeless, and probably heartbroken.

I don't know how large your yard is, but I might think about some solar powered video surveillance cameras.

It sucks, but this is the kind of world we live in.

[CMorg]

Originally Posted by nofearengineer

Clint, while I am with Bama in spirit, I would seriously advise against putting metal spikes in your yard.

A neighbor's child running through your yard could trip and fall on one, and then you would be homeless, and probably heartbroken.

I don't know how large your yard is, but I might think about some solar powered video surveillance cameras.

It sucks, but this is the kind of world we live in.

Yeah , you have a point. I guess I am going to wait and see if it happens again. I moved out here from town 2.5 years ago. Since I have had my mailbox ran over once , knocked down once , litter daily and now this. I am just tired of it all. I keep everything nice and tidey and I think thats why they target my place. There are some punk kids down the road that everyone out here says probably did it , they do it in their own yard. They burnt down a barn full of hay , drive 4 wheels thew everyones yard out here. Their parents say they cant handle them , and I actually believe them. I think they are beyond help. I have seen them throw spit bottles out in my yard.

[Chancho]

Kids like that are why hamsters eat their young. Sorry to hear about that foolishness. Hope it was a one time incident.

[everettvet]

I agree with the idea of the camera. You can get a trail camera that is designed for deer hunters. They take good pictures and some will record video. You use an sd card and can down load on a computer without an issue. Take pictures of what happened before so that the police can be shown that when you catch them on camera that they have a history of doing that. The upside of this camera is no wires, great pictures, video if you want it, infrared flash so they don't know they are being videoed. One more upside, after you catch the idiot, you can sell the camera to a buddy that hunts. The downside is that you have to have a tree or fence post nearby to hang the camera.

[Bubba_Bruiser]

I got a deer camera I can sell you cheap. That sucks though. One of my high school football coaches had a kid come in his yard in his Z28. He stopped while he was doing donuts and got stuck though. The kid saw the lights come on and gunned it thinking the car would magically become unstuck. Long story short, the kid's car overheated and it caught fire and burned to the frame in coach's front yard. The coach made a feeble attempt to attach garden hoses together knowing they were not long enough before he called the fire department.

[bamabassman]

serioulsy the DEER CAMERA will sork in court. postion it so you can get the tag number. once coaught, let the LAW TAKE IT'S COURSE. IF THE PARENTS CAN'T HANDLE EM THE LAW CAN AND WILL. i for one would tell the parents that if they can't control their children then THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE AND WILL PAY THE PRICE. that is the law ya know. at least here it is. parents pay for their childrens upbringing. the blame is on the parents.

[nobass]

get some tangle foot bob wire lay it out and let them run over that not only will it messs up tires it will get in wheel hubs ,drive shafts wrap around exhaust and rip them off and anyting eles it can get into. they may run away but you have their truck/car

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by everettvet

I agree with the idea of the camera. You can get a trail camera that is designed for deer hunters. They take good pictures and some will record video. You use an sd card and can down load on a computer without an issue. Take pictures of what happened before so that the police can be shown that when you catch them on camera that they have a history of doing that. The upside of this camera is no wires, great pictures, video if you want it, infrared flash so they don't know they are being videoed. One more upside, after you catch the idiot, you can sell the camera to a buddy that hunts. The downside is that you have to have a tree or fence post nearby to hang the camera.

A few tips on the deer cameras. I use them a lot when deciding where to put my tree stands and have learned a few lessons. First off if you go the old school route with film that you have to get developed: Get a piece of posterboard and write on it "if the person developing this film is not me then the camera is stollen and please call me at (put your phone number here), and then make the first picture on this roll of film a picture of you holding this sign. And no matter what kind of camera you get: Put a note inside the battery compartment that says if you stole this camera you better have got all 4 of them, otherwise I still have your picture and will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law, however if you return the camera back where you found it there will be no questions asked.

After I have started placing that note inside my camera I have found it placed at the base of the tree I hung it on once, although they did manage to turn the camera off without me getting a picture of them I still got the camera back and I got satisfaction out of knowing that they probably walked around for a while looking for the rest of my cameras lol.

[XIntel007]

Now you know why guys that live in the country have those huge "decorative" rocks on their property.

[lilmule]

Get a very thick locust post,quick crete it four ft deep,then when they chain the mail post will leave their bumper behind,had someone do a large wheel rut on my lawn as well a log placed sideways now deters that,looks like part of the decor,like a curb.

[florida fisher]

Choose your weapon

[CMorg]

These are all great ideas...and funny stories too.

[CMorg]

Originally Posted by nobass

get some tangle foot bob wire lay it out and let them run over that not only will it messs up tires it will get in wheel hubs ,drive shafts wrap around exhaust and rip them off and anyting eles it can get into. they may run away but you have their truck/car

This is just pure genius. I will do that if it happens again. And post some no trespassing signs.

[bamabassman]

THE SIGNS ARE A MUST HAVE my friend. this protects you legally.

[Dave63]

Razor wire...and a sign that says Auctung Minen with a skull and crossbones one it.

[Jrob78]

Check your state's booby trap laws. Don't do anything to get yourself in trouble.

[Abbeysdad]

Originally Posted by Jrob78

Check your state's booby trap laws. Don't do anything to get yourself in trouble.

DITTO...think about it, a judge would say "you killed somebody to protect a patch of grass?" - You don't want that question asked.

[CMorg]

All true and good points. But what has the world come to , when you cant protect your own personal property. I think if a vadal goes down , they shouldnt have been there in the first place. Unfortunately the world doesnt work this way anymore.

[Abbeysdad]

Originally Posted by CMorg

All true and good points. But what has the world come to , when you cant protect your own personal property. I think if a vadal goes down , they shouldnt have been there in the first place. Unfortunately the world doesnt work this way anymore.

That's just it...an action or reaction that hurts someone is retaliation, not protecting property. Put a log or some big rocks out there if you want to protect the property.

[florida fisher]

You could make a foot high razor wire fence along the perimeter of your driveway if they run over it, it wouldn't be retaliation because they ran over the wire after you put it up.