I got two of my rifles stolen from my truck today. A CZ 452 lux in 22lr and a Ruger 10/22.
I went squirrel hunting with a friend earlier today and shot a squirrel 100 yards out of a tree with my CZ 452 Lux. I couldn't even believe I hit it but I saw it drop. My friend had my custom ruger 10/22 and wouldn't even attempt a shot at that distance. I dropped him off at his girlfriends house and drove to my place where I proceeded to walk in my house and talk to my girlfriend. I sat at my computer desk and while I was talking to my girlfriend. Both of my dogs (a boxer and a puppy pitbull) started barking like crazy.
I assumed it was my friend that I had dropped off since he had said he was going to come over to my house to help me clean my pistols but when I looked outside the headlights did not look like his car's (It was dark). Well after about 1 minute of my dogs still barking I looked back outside and the car was pulling out of my driveway so I assumed someone had pulled in and made a U turn. You have to understand that my house has a chain linked fence and they stopped in front of my front gate... my truck was sitting behind my house and I didn't even think about my rifles still being in the truck.
When I got off the phone, I walked outside to get my rifles and they were gone. I am SO lucky that they only grabbed the rifles and did not take the gun case with my pistols that we had also been shooting: DW bobtail, DW PM7, XD45, S&W 686 Classic Hunter, Ruger Mark III, and a CZ 75. If they would have grabbed one rifle and that box... all I would have to my name would be the CZ 75 I was carrying and one 22lr rifle.
The thing that is absolutely killing me is that I could have prevented anything from happening if I would have just walked outside and seen what the heck those people were doing in front of my gate. They had the audacity to go through my fence and then close it back up when they left. By the time I looked outside the second time, they were already driving down the road. My dogs warned me that something was not right and I did not listen: I should have. Always listen to your dogs, they know things that you would have no idea about.
I have the serial numbers and everything on both rifles and I did file a police report so if they are pawned, it will come up that they are stolen but it sucks to think that my rifles are in criminal hands right now. I know, I should have never left my doors open and I usually lock my truck but I was not thinking because I was on the phone arguing with my girlfriend about not having any reception while out hunting. If my truck would have been locked, it has an alarm, my house has an alarm, I have two dogs, and I always carry... I never thought this would happen to me. Especially not under my nose. Yall be careful and like I said before, listen to your dogs when they are trying to tell you that something is not right. My puppy pitbull is usually pretty mellow and even tempered but he was growling like a fullgrown adult and I did not listen. I can only fault myself for what happened.
I should have listened to them:
I went squirrel hunting with a friend earlier today and shot a squirrel 100 yards out of a tree with my CZ 452 Lux. I couldn't even believe I hit it but I saw it drop. My friend had my custom ruger 10/22 and wouldn't even attempt a shot at that distance. I dropped him off at his girlfriends house and drove to my place where I proceeded to walk in my house and talk to my girlfriend. I sat at my computer desk and while I was talking to my girlfriend. Both of my dogs (a boxer and a puppy pitbull) started barking like crazy.
I assumed it was my friend that I had dropped off since he had said he was going to come over to my house to help me clean my pistols but when I looked outside the headlights did not look like his car's (It was dark). Well after about 1 minute of my dogs still barking I looked back outside and the car was pulling out of my driveway so I assumed someone had pulled in and made a U turn. You have to understand that my house has a chain linked fence and they stopped in front of my front gate... my truck was sitting behind my house and I didn't even think about my rifles still being in the truck.
When I got off the phone, I walked outside to get my rifles and they were gone. I am SO lucky that they only grabbed the rifles and did not take the gun case with my pistols that we had also been shooting: DW bobtail, DW PM7, XD45, S&W 686 Classic Hunter, Ruger Mark III, and a CZ 75. If they would have grabbed one rifle and that box... all I would have to my name would be the CZ 75 I was carrying and one 22lr rifle.
The thing that is absolutely killing me is that I could have prevented anything from happening if I would have just walked outside and seen what the heck those people were doing in front of my gate. They had the audacity to go through my fence and then close it back up when they left. By the time I looked outside the second time, they were already driving down the road. My dogs warned me that something was not right and I did not listen: I should have. Always listen to your dogs, they know things that you would have no idea about.
I have the serial numbers and everything on both rifles and I did file a police report so if they are pawned, it will come up that they are stolen but it sucks to think that my rifles are in criminal hands right now. I know, I should have never left my doors open and I usually lock my truck but I was not thinking because I was on the phone arguing with my girlfriend about not having any reception while out hunting. If my truck would have been locked, it has an alarm, my house has an alarm, I have two dogs, and I always carry... I never thought this would happen to me. Especially not under my nose. Yall be careful and like I said before, listen to your dogs when they are trying to tell you that something is not right. My puppy pitbull is usually pretty mellow and even tempered but he was growling like a fullgrown adult and I did not listen. I can only fault myself for what happened.
I should have listened to them:
