In todays climate with dwindeling jobs and political feuds what have you done to "upgrade" your homestead security? I dont mean just new deadbolts or home alarm..your homestead goes farther than your front and back doors. it doesnt make much sense to cc and not think of security right outside your doors and windows!
My homestead is 15 acres in deep southern woods. A nice garden and livestock out back, seperate storage building for food and supplies. Being in the woods though doesnt keep me safe. Recently the big trend is to drop your dog off in farm country when you cant afford to feed it any more. Once or twice a year this would happen before. Now its once or twice a week! I hate to say it but the majority of us "farmers" shoot strays because we are tired of loosing livestock and patching up our own dogs who get into scuffs with feral dog packs. How long till people see this area as an opportunity for themselves and not just their former "pets"!
what I have done beyond my front door is create easy walk paths for intruders to funnel them where I want them for easier shots from me and less cover or concealment for them. I got lucky when a friend was replacing all his barbed wire fence so i agreed to take the old stuff to the dump for him *wink* instead it went into my wooded buffer area between the dirt road and front yard. All strung out through the under brush makes it very hard to walk or sneak through.
Dogs of course are very important. I have 3 so I poison proofed them with an electric fence transformer. Use any MOIST food you want. Place it in the yard were the dog can find it run an insulated line from the transformer to the food. You may have to insulate it from the ground with dry grass or such. Let the dog find it on his own. Never feed them outside only inside. The dogs have access all the way around the home so they go out 15 min before I do in the morning. Plenty of time to detect / incapasitate an intuder and alert me. 1 always stays in until I am ready to walk out. These are just a few simple things I have done.
There are many simple cheap cost effective things we can all do to make our homestead more secure. A fence more lighting trim the bushes next to your doors and windows ect.
I have learned much from others insight. Someone else might have an idea or thought of a weakness you didnt. So lets hear your ideas!
My homestead is 15 acres in deep southern woods. A nice garden and livestock out back, seperate storage building for food and supplies. Being in the woods though doesnt keep me safe. Recently the big trend is to drop your dog off in farm country when you cant afford to feed it any more. Once or twice a year this would happen before. Now its once or twice a week! I hate to say it but the majority of us "farmers" shoot strays because we are tired of loosing livestock and patching up our own dogs who get into scuffs with feral dog packs. How long till people see this area as an opportunity for themselves and not just their former "pets"!
what I have done beyond my front door is create easy walk paths for intruders to funnel them where I want them for easier shots from me and less cover or concealment for them. I got lucky when a friend was replacing all his barbed wire fence so i agreed to take the old stuff to the dump for him *wink* instead it went into my wooded buffer area between the dirt road and front yard. All strung out through the under brush makes it very hard to walk or sneak through.
Dogs of course are very important. I have 3 so I poison proofed them with an electric fence transformer. Use any MOIST food you want. Place it in the yard were the dog can find it run an insulated line from the transformer to the food. You may have to insulate it from the ground with dry grass or such. Let the dog find it on his own. Never feed them outside only inside. The dogs have access all the way around the home so they go out 15 min before I do in the morning. Plenty of time to detect / incapasitate an intuder and alert me. 1 always stays in until I am ready to walk out. These are just a few simple things I have done.
There are many simple cheap cost effective things we can all do to make our homestead more secure. A fence more lighting trim the bushes next to your doors and windows ect.
I have learned much from others insight. Someone else might have an idea or thought of a weakness you didnt. So lets hear your ideas!
