Been Pondering… But Cameras Are Now Needed!! They Are Very Lucky I Did Not Catch Them!!

[KonaRich]

Mtn living is pretty safe over all, low crime, but there are some crazies. The sheriff's are very responsive. But, it is legal to shoot on your land and we hear hunter sighting in rifles regularly. no street lights, so its very dark. I keep the guns mostly for wildlife that are too aggressive to scare them off or crazy neighbors...not many of those, but you dont know till you know. Lots of folks carry up here. for example, I went to a windshield chip fix place and the guy was open carrying a 45. its kinda like that.

We don't have dangerous wildlife on land, but we do have our share of "colorful island characters" who congregate mostly in town (Kailua-Kona or Hilo) for panhandling and/or busking. Generally harmless, and not this far out of populated areas.

We live 40 miles out of Kailua-Kona and 90 miles out of Hilo, way out in the middle of nowhere on many acres along the Kona Coast with very few neighbors, none close. There's never been any issues for the decades we've lived here, but times, they are a-changin'...

Your car window guy's packing... It's a different world where you live.

 

[cpaysonc]

I'm glad we don't live in an area where a multitude of surveillance cameras and guns are considered an adequate defense.

Sadly, the "bad stuff" that's happening throughout the mainland is slowly creeping over here. Mostly Ohau and Maui. Very little on the Big Island's rural areas.

We don't even lock our doors overnight or, many times, when leaving the property. Not yet, anyway.

We do have a gun, though! A very powerful pre-charged pneumatic .25 cal pellet carbine shooting 24.5 grain pellets at 3,600 psi air pressure. Not enough to penetrate the thick hides of those big, black, hairy goats that wander onto our place and eat our ornamental, but powerful enough to make them jump a lot and run away with a sore hind end. It would do serious damage to a person, though.

PCP guns are off the chart now! Amazing accuracy, power! Love them but hate hand pumping them!

 

[KonaRich]

PCP guns are off the chart now! Amazing accuracy, power! Love them but hate hand pumping them!

i bought an electric compressor for it. It goes up to 4,500 psi, but I only need 3,600.

 

[mike243]

DVR based sets work great unless they find the recorder and take it with them, I get instant alerts with blink and can move a camera as easy as walking, they are easy to hide and unless you have a lot of traffic close to your house battery's last 2 years. I have 2 floodlight/camera that work great and they have AI and will tell me if somebody is armed coming towards my house, I didn't know that till I forgot to disarm them when I got home and walked up the sidewalk with my shotgun, the alert said somebody approaching the house with a dangerous weapon

 

[Brokenhandle]

DVR based sets work great unless they find the recorder and take it with them, I get instant alerts with blink and can move a camera as easy as walking, they are easy to hide and unless you have a lot of traffic close to your house battery's last 2 years. I have 2 floodlight/camera that work great and they have AI and will tell me if somebody is armed coming towards my house, I didn't know that till I forgot to disarm them when I got home and walked up the sidewalk with my shotgun, the alert said somebody approaching the house with a dangerous weapon

Probably good they weren't programmed to shoot the dangerous, armed intruders!

 

[KonaRich]

Probably good they weren't programmed to shoot the dangerous, armed intruders!

That's the next version. Shoot them with paintballs and teargas balls and calls the cops for you.

 

[Brokenhandle]

That's the next version. Shoot them with paintballs and teargas balls and calls the cops for you.

Don't let the wife go up to the house carrying a gun... well maybe just once! You're welcome to stay at my house for awhile!

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

DVR based sets work great unless they find the recorder and take it with them, I get instant alerts with blink and can move a camera as easy as walking, they are easy to hide and unless you have a lot of traffic close to your house battery's last 2 years. I have 2 floodlight/camera that work great and they have AI and will tell me if somebody is armed coming towards my house, I didn't know that till I forgot to disarm them when I got home and walked up the sidewalk with my shotgun, the alert said somebody approaching the house with a dangerous weapon

The NVR is well hidden in a place that is air conditioned but no one would ever find it. My cameras are all placed high and out of reach but can be seen as a deterrent.

In one of the safest large cities in the country but close the freeway so outsiders have caused problems. Recently our gang mailbox had to be replaced with a high security one because lowlifes were prying them open to get to peoples mail.

The reason I have cameras at all is because I had a take home work vehicle with lots of equipment in it. The cameras were there in case it ever got broken into.

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

DVR based sets work great unless they find the recorder and take it with them, I get instant alerts with blink and can move a camera as easy as walking, they are easy to hide and unless you have a lot of traffic close to your house battery's last 2 years. I have 2 floodlight/camera that work great and they have AI and will tell me if somebody is armed coming towards my house, I didn't know that till I forgot to disarm them when I got home and walked up the sidewalk with my shotgun, the alert said somebody approaching the house with a dangerous weapon

I have a 16 gauge steel DVR lockbox. It's a bear to drill through. Mine is hidden and in a cool place.

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The NVR is well hidden in a place that is air conditioned but no one would ever find it. My cameras are all placed high and out of reach but can be seen as a deterrent.

In one of the safest large cities in the country but close the freeway so outsiders have caused problems. Recently our gang mailbox had to be replaced with a high security one because lowlifes were prying them open to get to peoples mail.

The reason I have cameras at all is because I had a take home work vehicle with lots of equipment in it. The cameras were there in case it ever got broken into.

Same on my dvr and cameras. All up high and out of reach.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Thank goodness I live in the country... our Doberman and other dog are quite convincing. But thank goodness for our 2nd amendment rights...

 

[KonaRich]

Thank goodness I live in the country... our Doberman and other dog are quite convincing. But thank goodness for our 2nd amendment rights...

Thank goodness we don't live anywhere around all you people who feel surveillance cams and guns are a prudent investment for safety. It may happen here someday, but after we've exited this increasingly bad world.

We're just looking for another 10 years or so of the social peace and quiet we came to Hawaii for 26 years ago. Of course, moving to a volcanic, earthquake prone island in the middle of the Pacific has its own issues. At least, my island has never been hit by a hurricane. No other island here can say that.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Thank goodness we don't live anywhere around all you people who feel surveillance cams and guns are a prudent investment for safety. It may happen here someday, but after we've exited this increasingly bad world.

We're just looking for another 10 years or so of the social peace and quiet we came to Hawaii for 26 years ago. Of course, moving to a volcanic, earthquake prone island in the middle of the Pacific has its own issues. At least, my island has never been hit by a hurricane. No other island here can say that.

Hopefully you didn't just jinx yourself lol!

 

[KonaRich]

Hopefully you didn't just jinx yourself lol!

i'll let you know if our pet volcano goes off big time and lava starts coming our way! :D

 

[Brokenhandle]

i'll let you know if our pet volcano goes off big time and lava starts coming our way! :D

Think I was in the 1st grade when we visited Hawaii... 54 now, so it's been awhile. We visited the big island, Oahu, and a third one that I can't recall currently. Came home to Iowa and went in the ditch on way home from airport due to a blizzard! Somewhere there we visited a black sand beach.
Also remember stopping to ask directions... no Google or anything back then! Learned real quick if we got directions and were told... you can't miss it... we were screwed! They lied lol!

 

[KonaRich]

Think I was in the 1st grade when we visited Hawaii... 54 now, so it's been awhile. We visited the big island, Oahu, and a third one that I can't recall currently. Came home to Iowa and went in the ditch on way home from airport due to a blizzard! Somewhere there we visited a black sand beach.
Also remember stopping to ask directions... no Google or anything back then! Learned real quick if we got directions and were told... you can't miss it... we were screwed! They lied lol!

I've no idea what Hawaii looked like back then. Our first trip was in 1984, and the difference from then until now is monumental. Since then, we've visited all the major islands for scuba diving and hiking, finally settling on the Big Island.

There are a number of black sand beaches in the state, and particularly on my island, along with pink, green, and white sand beaches.

The bad directions you experienced could have been "tease the tourist" actions of a few, but most likely was the "friendly incompetence" that characterizes this island, which we call The Land of Friendly Incompetence. You get used to it after a while...all part of the island culture.

Here "Polynesian Paralysis" makes "Mexican Mañana" seem like a "New York Minute". People come here, accept it, or leave. We are nothing like the mainland. Some like that. Others don't.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

In case anyone was wondering.

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Tactacam Pro 3( game cameras ) with solar charge panels. Sends photos directly to phone or you can request video for further viewing.

I think they also have a security setup as well now but haven't looked into it myself.
If going the game camera route I have been swapping out my Tactacams (starting to fail after 6+ years) for the Moultrie Edge series because of the app and picture quality. You can filter it for various animals and even people and it is crazy how accurate it is.

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

Thank goodness we don't live anywhere around all you people who feel surveillance cams and guns are a prudent investment for safety.

There's a lot of meth junkies in the rural town I live in.

I installed mine when multiple packages came up missing off my front porch 2 years ago and the lousy Blink junk I had up failed to capture either of the incidents.

My firearms are for many purposes. Hunting, target practice, self-defense, home defense and for the day our govt decides to become tyrannical.

Evil exists everywhere. Rural, the sticks, the mountains, the suburbs, urban sprawls. It has no boundaries.

 

[normanaj]

Evil exists everywhere. Rural, the sticks, the mountains, the suburbs, urban sprawls. It has no boundaries.

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Firearm ownership is a right and one that I most assuredly exercise especially in these times.

 

[normanaj]

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