Camp security

[BiGR Rich]

Be careful of any sporting decals you put on your vehicles. Thieves use them as billboards to shop what can be inside the vehicle in question.

+1. When I was in high school, a friend of mine had expensive subwoofers in the back of his Camaro with the subs decal on the back window. Parked it out in the boonies to head out to an old rock quarry to go swimming. Sure enough somebody broke into his car and stole..... only the subwoofers.

[Firesong]

I worry as well about leaving the vehicle at the trailhead. Try to put stuff out of sight and not worry about it. Its hard some times.

At camp it depends on the campsite. Talking to the neighbors gives you a good idea or feel. Sometimes if the campsite is a major walk-through or by to the beach or something I will put easy to grab stuff out of sight as well.

If rough camping most of our camp sites are not the most visable of spots.

[Rat]

I don't go to State Parks unless it's with a hammock hang. At least at a hang if my stuff goes missing there is something left to replace it! J/K that's only happened once...

Don't camp where you hafta worry about your stuff being stolen!I know that's not really the answer you are looking for, but it's all I have.

[rog97]

In a campground near a road pack it up and lock in car. In a wilderness area if can't be seen from trail I leave it set up. If can be seen pack it up and stash out of sight.

[Red Wing]

Always Secure Your Gear.

[Bayou Russ]

I don't go to State Parks unless it's with a hammock hang. At least at a hang if my stuff goes missing there is something left to replace it! J/K that's only happened once...

Don't camp where you hafta worry about your stuff being stolen!I know that's not really the answer you are looking for, but it's all I have.

I can't scare folks with the antics you Granger Ranger boys pull!

You did answer a concern about state parks, looks like pack up every morning and lock up tight!

[irondog]

Well, ya might could try to get folks' attention, send a message, and make an impression. How you get their attention, Which message you send them, and, How Deeply you "impress" them, will change with the quality and quantity of your neighbors. You'll need to remain observant, attentive, creative, and flexible. Enthusiasm in all things, though. People respect enthusiasm, what if even they hate your guts and covet what's yours. Sounds like work, and, make no mistake, it is. I avoid the trouble and all the work. I avoid people. Less is more, and none is most. That's how I fight crime. So, it's God bless and preserve them what steals from me, cuz I will most certainly will not. When-if-ever I'm forced to it, and need to bother myself with sending messages and making impressions (I'm not a salesman, fer-crine-outlowd!!), I been known to do it with a certain dark finality of creativity and enthusiasm, and my impressions always strike deep with my er, um, that is to say, audience. My audience.

[Firetruck]

I would agree to befriend/evaluate your neighbors. Then you may have a sense of whether your stuff is safe or not.

[tnvarmint]

My camp security is... staying far away from others. I don't go to the woods to be around people. I also stay away from conventional campgrounds at all costs.

[Bike-N-Hike]

Sometimes you have stash the stuff that can not hike with you but you can't provide security for it. When I motorcycle camp I carry a lot of gear that could easily could get stolen. I will use dry bags and stash the gear in difficult to reach locations. Sticker bushes, hilly terrain, I've stashed my entire bicycle and panniers for days when traveling across the country hiking into a mountain range. But like I've said in another post I trusted people a lot and found that no one messed with my stuff.