r/tacticalgear • u/SodaRider1 • 2d ago
Securing perimeter woods
We’ve had several attempted/successful burglaries in our area, and our home was targeted last week. The bad guy came from the rear of our property over about 1/2 mile of woods/pasture (caught on trail cam). When approaching our home, he low crawled from woods to the home… not his first rodeo. None of them have been afraid of cameras… always wearing a full mask and hoodie. I need something in the woods behind our home to scare them off and alert us.
Thinking about some kind of tripwire / flashbang in the woods but I have to believe wildlife would set them off pretty quick. The strip of woods behind our home is roughly 200’ x 600’ but there’s a mowed path leading to the house that’s the first priority to arm.
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u/Claw_0311 2d ago
Motion activated lights, and clearly visible cameras, some hidden ones as well.
This isn’t really a time to be dawning full kit and setting up a hide site in hopes to be able to end up in a situation.
While you might find success in some sort of early warning device, I think wildlife would be more likely to set it off.
Dogs are great as well.
Edit: if it were me along with what I mentioned, I would have the camera setup to notify my phone as soon as motion is detected, and once you confirm it is a trespasser, make you presence known