What would you do?

One Last Comeback wrote:

I had the same thing where I would hear a pecking, but I was living in Arlington, which is pretty urban. I kept coming home from...

I had the same thing where I would hear a pecking, but I was living in Arlington, which is pretty urban.
I kept coming home from work and finding holes in my screens. I thought for sure someone was messing with my windows.

Then one day I come around the corner and see it's a bird hurling himself at the glass over and over, poking holes in my screens.
Might be a bird, dude.

AZ35 wrote:

Cheap and legal way is to go to Harbor Freight (if they are not in your area just go online- they call them driveway sensors). Only...

Cheap and legal way is to go to Harbor Freight (if they are not in your area just go online- they call them driveway sensors). Only $15 and they work great. Just a small sensor and a receiver. They say they work up to 400' apart, from experience that seems to be about right.

They are battery operated, and the ones I have are going on a year on the same batteries. So you can put them anywhere. Put one sensor on each area that you think someone might approach your house, and then put the receiver either in your house or just outside your window (the receiver is not waterproof, but just put a zip-lock bag over it and it is fine). It is pretty loud, so I recommend leaving it outside your window so the intruder can hear it better and it does not scare the shit out of you.

Even if you are not home, the chime going off will still scare them away. They are pretty sensitive, so if you have pets or wild animals like deer it will drive you crazy with the chime going off. You could just turn the receiver off during the day, and turn them on at night. Each box tells you which frequency they use, so get several with the same frequency and you only need one receiver for as many sensors as you want.

Or take Cygnus' advice, you have 100 acres so plenty of places to dig holes and hide evidence.

AZ35 wrote:

Cheap and legal way is to go to Harbor Freight (if they are not in your area just go online- they call them driveway sensors). Only...

Cheap and legal way is to go to Harbor Freight (if they are not in your area just go online- they call them driveway sensors). Only $15 and they work great. Just a small sensor and a receiver. They say they work up to 400' apart, from experience that seems to be about right.

They are battery operated, and the ones I have are going on a year on the same batteries. So you can put them anywhere. Put one sensor on each area that you think someone might approach your house, and then put the receiver either in your house or just outside your window (the receiver is not waterproof, but just put a zip-lock bag over it and it is fine). It is pretty loud, so I recommend leaving it outside your window so the intruder can hear it better and it does not scare the shit out of you.

Even if you are not home, the chime going off will still scare them away. They are pretty sensitive, so if you have pets or wild animals like deer it will drive you crazy with the chime going off. You could just turn the receiver off during the day, and turn them on at night. Each box tells you which frequency they use, so get several with the same frequency and you only need one receiver for as many sensors as you want.

Or take Cygnus' advice, you have 100 acres so plenty of places to dig holes and hide evidence.

Cygnus wrote:

I have a couple of those outside around my place. So far so good. I've been woken up by wild life a couple times but I...

I have a couple of those outside around my place. So far so good. I've been woken up by wild life a couple times but I need that also as I have livestock and I've had neighbor dog problems too.

MxKing809 wrote:

Ok, here is what you do. Buy yourself a tippmann 98 custom and freeze a bag of paintballs. Then have yourself a good old fashioned stakeout...

Ok, here is what you do. Buy yourself a tippmann 98 custom and freeze a bag of paintballs.

Then have yourself a good old fashioned stakeout! Blast the fuck out of them, get them to lay on the ground and call the cops. Threaten to use a pistol if they move, but use the paintball gun to gain compliance.