preventing theft and vandalism in the woods

[captain_crunch]

Sad Part half the thiefs are unemployed opperators and know all the tricks mentioned above

[bull]

Time to start spraying bullets......  Only takes a couple dead theives for others to get the hint !!!   
      You could start with  broken arms and legs and the oops he fell routine or better yet drop a tree on them !! 

[sparky1]

hahaha.. i like Bull's ideas

[Coon]

I'd like to take some of these thieves and hook a choker cable around one of their legs and head down the longest and roughest skid trail dragging them behind until they are near dead then make em walk home.       Just heard of more damage tonight to someone that I knows equipment.        

[madmari]

If you can manage to have the mutts caught, prosecute them by legal means. Stay in touch with the prosecutor and let them know that you wish to be heard at sentencing. Let the judge (and jury) know that the vandalism has taken food from your table due to the mutts disrespect for the property of others. Let them know how hard you've worked for what you have.
  You'll feel alot better having had your chance to speak, the mutt will be there while you look him in the eye and you can sleep well knowing that  the law isn't looking for you because the mutt reported you for assault- and he will.

[Autocar]

It's been a number of years ago but we come to the job and the skidder is gone Timberjack 360 Grapple it had snowed and we followed the tracks and find it laying on its side in a bottom of a creek. At that spot there was a set of four wheeler tracks leaving the skidder we follow them to a house. We called the sheriff and they go up to the door and the guy says someone stole it during the night and with no edvenice the sheriff said there wasn't anything they could do. We up righted the skidder and got her out of the creek they had busted the radio out of the consel and stole it also broke the door busting the lock. On top of that there was a fifty feet of winch line all kinked up. We were pretty up set about the whole deal and to this day I bolt and padlock everything on my equipment. I guess if they want it bad enough there get it one way or another