Using trail camera to catch a thief

[Ray Hammond]

the best way is to catch tag numbers with a date and time...so get an IR only camera that is small, and can be hidden close to the incoming trail where you can get their tag. That's all you need.

[Brian Krebs]

fyrfyter43 : just to clarify; the guy in the picture is just some person that likes your jeep and left a note saying he was interested in buying it?  

 He is not part of the other problems you are having- right? He doesn't have a backpack; like a thief would to snatch things left in the open.

 He just looks like a person interested in buying your jeep - right?

[fyrfyter43]

Yep, just a guy interested in buying the Jeep.

I've been out of work on disability for several months now, and when that picture was taken I had just left for a doctor's appointment. Otherwise I would have heard him pull in the driveway. My parents picked me up, since I'm not allowed to drive with the medication I'm on. When I checked the camera a few days later, I wondered what that guy was doing, so I went outside to check and make sure nothing was out of place. I found the note on my windshield and called the guy. He confirmed that it was him in the picture when I described the car and clothing. I told him I wasn't interested in selling the Jeep, and he thanked me for calling him back.

The problems I've had have definitely been with local kids. A couple of the things that were done made it easy to know exactly who was behind it, but I don't want to say anything to the parents without something more substantial to prove it was their kids.