i could have asked the deputy to go ahead with trespassing charges when he called; but when i asked about the "situation", i felt the folks who were caught "with their pants down", so to speak , wouldn't return to this particular spot. the deputy pointed out that they were surrounded by 5 "no trespassing" signs and that i was giving them a one time only break.

if i had said to charge them with trespassing, it wouldn't have bothered me a bit to fill out a little paper work at the satellite courthouse.

I don't want people "parking" to get in trouble with the law, but dumping trash burns me up. Kids gotta have a place to "park". Lol

probably would but i shouldn't have to do that. there is a posted sign at the very opening of the entrance and then there are 4 more as you make your way to the gate. probably all within 60 feet. besides, i could see me putting up a chain and having a child on a dirt bike hit it and getting seriously hurt. they don't read them (or they read them and just fail to obey) now so i wouldn't expect any difference with the chain with sign. i do appreciate the suggestion though.

I think we all should get some and maybe Skinny will give us our own forum. Maybe we can have a poacher catching contest.

guys, it's easy peasy. just do like i did.

my phone is verizon network. i went to at&t because it is closest to house than t-mobile. buy a sim card for the camera. it's itty bitty and goes in the side of the camera. buy an sd card for the bottom of the camera. the sd card will hold all the photos the camera takes. when the camera is triggered, it sends the first picture from the set it takes. i have ours programmed to take 3 pictures. all 3 are stored on the sd card and the first one is sent to your phone to alert you. it doesn't matter who your phone carrier is, just matters that you can receive a picture.

buy the $100 per year text message plan for the sim card. don't buy the $25 per month plan. no brainer there. the sim card gives your covert 3g camera it's own "cell number". (just think of the covert 3g becoming an automatic cell phone/camera that takes a picture and then sends it to your phone via text message.)

buy some good batteries or get a rechargeable 6 volt battery.

follow the directions very carefully to set up the camera. i used the computer and it was easy. read the instructions once over and take your time.

find a tree, strap on the camera and break off some scrub oak or what-have-ya bushes or small twigs/limbs and camo that strap in. when those little leaves die, it's perfectly blended in. then kick back and enjoy life and wait on that first text.

i put the sim card phone number into my contacts list as "trespassers" and set my alert for that particular number to "dog bark". when that dog barks on my iphone, i know i gots me something good.

I love it!!!!!!

I think I am going to buy one this week. im also going to have the pics sent to the game wardens phone

I thought about that too, gonna see if the one that lives near by will do it. He likes catchin' poachin' SOBs too.

hell this may turn out to be more fun than hunting!

if those are the 3g then you got a heck of a deal. can you tell us where those were ordered?

2dogs and everyone else interested in text trail camera that will work in Verizon service areas and cell towers is a Reconyx. Trust me on this as I have done my research. The coverts are a AT&T or Tmobile camera. This means it works off AT&T or Tmobile cell towers. If AT&T or Tmobile service sucks like it does on every property I hunt the camera will not have service to text pics. You need at least 3 bars of service for camera to text.

Now if you have good AT&T or Tmobile service on your property you can do as Velvet Tines out lines above. Once your camera is set up with AT&T or Tmobile service it will text pics to aVerizon phone. These cameras will not work off Verizon cell towers.

Got ya Squeak. Got towers in my area, but I'll double check before I pull out my wallet.

thanks for the backup Squeaky. if it doesn't work for your hunting property but it does for your business or home...ohh, the peeps you could catch...boyfriends sneaking into your daughter's room (or your daughter sneaking out the window ) , milkman making a delivery inside your home while you're at work, etc..

you are welcome

Just went back and looked I actually caught three of the Covert special ops, code black on a sale last year for $285 an the other I bought for $280 in the box new from a guy off TNDEER. I spent a lot of time looking for sales though, I actually found the deals on a waterfowl hunting website.

And everything velvet tines said is exactly what my Dad did, I am 29 but when my phone goes off I get pretty exited. We have great pics of trespassers also and deer, dogs, foxes, squirrels you get the point!

Good point about a kid hitting the chain. I'm obviously not familiar with your setup but if you feel that's a risk, then I wouldn't do that either. Hopefuly after a couple of these instances, the word will make its way around the county.

thanks for checking. i am thinking those are the 2g cameras. it was my understanding that the 3g just became available this august. i had to wait to get mine from a dealer in new york. believe me, i was chomping at the bit to get this camera. at&t is supposedly discontinuing the 2g service in 2016. not supposed to be able to send the pictures to your phone and camera will become regular game camera. forgive me if that is not the case, just what i found while researching.

That is the same camera my boss has setup at his farm.

I hope Verizon gets on board!

AT&T's service is pretty much non existent from Greenville to mine and your places in DC, thats why I switched to Verizon. If you have to depend on AT&T service anywhere besides in town, then you're SOL. Funny thing is they'll tell you that they're putting up towers all the time but its been that way for at least 10-12 years and hasn't gotten any better. They are VAST areas of land in that county that AT&T won't even begin to get a signal, which makes all this completely useless to us.

Get a piece of PVC pipe to run the chain through and put reflective tape on it.