This is for my dad, he lives on the end of a dead end street, on 5 acres, in a town of about 2000ppl. His neighbors recently got a divorce and the gals younger sister moved in with her. Since then there has been a quite a few random cars in and out of their place. My dad lives by himself and has a set work schedule of gone at 500am, home at 430pm monday-thursday. He has recently had his sirius radio receiver, and a few dollars stolen from his old truck that doesnt lock. He is keeping everything locked up tighter than he used to, and has 3 black labs, but they would be more likely to try to lick someone to death than scare them off. He has been thinking of getting a trail cam to watch the driveway, but I know those have flashes, and if someone were to come in at night/early am and they saw the flash, his trail cam would simply dissapear. He isnt very computer literate so the more simple the better. What would you guys reommend?
Trail cam for home?
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Well it may take quite a bit of leg work but perhaps you could still find the camera I bought about 10 years ago after having some trouble with some neighbors .
The cost was around $50 and it was a day/night camera that also had a microphone and would pick up normal conversation at about 25 ft , it was a simple little deal that then via a wire plugged into a VCR " I guess the wire was close to 60 ft long" and would record as log as the was set for "Example 8 hours on extended play"
I can't recall the brand but it was a very small little round deal that could be mounted with a couple of screws .
I think I got it from Sportsman Warehouse Catalog or they do have a website also .
Sorry I can't give you all the specifics but we haven't needed it for a few years as we have moved away from the troublesome neighbors and it's still packed away somewhere in the basement LOL .
The cost was around $50 and it was a day/night camera that also had a microphone and would pick up normal conversation at about 25 ft , it was a simple little deal that then via a wire plugged into a VCR " I guess the wire was close to 60 ft long" and would record as log as the was set for "Example 8 hours on extended play"
I can't recall the brand but it was a very small little round deal that could be mounted with a couple of screws .
I think I got it from Sportsman Warehouse Catalog or they do have a website also .
Sorry I can't give you all the specifics but we haven't needed it for a few years as we have moved away from the troublesome neighbors and it's still packed away somewhere in the basement LOL .
ClickClickD'oh
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Many of the newer trail cams have IR flashes. Unless you have a special sort of two legged predator lurking around they won't see that.
ChefKristian
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You could also install motion sensing flood lights... Buy super bright bulbs...
SundownRider
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Home depot has a camera/security system that uses wireless tech to connect to a computer. About $50-$60
I have 4 of these
I use them for mainly deer and elk. They are about the size of a pop can and have IR flash. My dad caught some a guy and his mom siphoning gas from his feed truck with one a year and a half back
http://picasaweb.google.com/rseals/GasTheft#
The only problem is if they see the IR flash, unless they are secured.
I use them for mainly deer and elk. They are about the size of a pop can and have IR flash. My dad caught some a guy and his mom siphoning gas from his feed truck with one a year and a half back
http://picasaweb.google.com/rseals/GasTheft#
The only problem is if they see the IR flash, unless they are secured.
I like the motion sensing flood light idea and have used it myself. It was a two flood light set up and I put a little 'flasher' about twice the thickness of a quarter and the diameter of a quarter in one light. The 'solid' light was aimed at the point the motion sensing device would go off and the other light was aimed down the block. In the middle of the night, the flashing flood light got lots of attention. You can also get a cheap piezo sounder at any radio shack and hook it up at the same time. Bright, solid light, bright flashing light and noise are all things disliked by someone that should not be there. (Neighbors can be worth their weight in gold in that small a town also)
Thanks guys. He has a big motion light on the garage, it lights up the entire driveway and front of the house, but he thinks things are being done during the day when he isnt home. All of the other neighbors on his street (6 houses total) we've known for long time and are good people and keep an eye on things, but everyone works about the same schedule, except the newest addition. I will tell him about the security system at home depot, and I had never thought they were IR, makes sense though. Thanks again.
I think an IR trail camera would be the way to go if there was a place where it could be easily hidden. If you know someone who owns one, ask them if you could borrow it to run some trials before investing in one. If the picture you get would not be good enough for the police to do anything with, either buy a better one (more megapixels / longer range) or just keep everything buttoned up a little tighter when he leaves home.
Just make sure he doesnt go telling his neighbors about the camera... if word gets around, that one will walk away with his truck radio.
Just make sure he doesnt go telling his neighbors about the camera... if word gets around, that one will walk away with his truck radio.
Ditto on the HCO Scoutguard 550 cams for surveillance purposes. Does a fine job in daylight and an acceptable job at night with the IR feature. Batteries last forever, you can choose 2 different resolutions in still pics, 2 in video mode, and due to the small size is easily concealable, especially the camo models.
Check out all of the cameras here:
http://www.chasingame.com/
Make sure to consider the IfraRed models for hidden surveillance, as the BG's will steal anything that takes a pic using a white flash illumination style.
Check out all of the cameras here:
http://www.chasingame.com/
Make sure to consider the IfraRed models for hidden surveillance, as the BG's will steal anything that takes a pic using a white flash illumination style.
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RJS34- Great pics- Did the mom and son point at the camera? It looked like they thought they were caught but kept on going. I bet the cops got a kick out of it....
Yep they were pointing at it, so they noticed the flash and could have grabbed but were too stupid to. The deputy had a good laugh as I showed up the pictures and handed him a CD with the pics on it. They picked him up the next day (he was well known) and then picked the mom the day after that when she came to the jail to bail another son out on an unrelated incident. Real winners.
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