Camp site security

[jarhead714]

I put my kids on 2 hour fire watch. Very effective.

[sigstroker]

Where are you people camping? Somalia?

Ha, I went camping with a buddy of mine right after graduating high school. It was an official campground so there were a few people milling about. There was a friendly sort that stopped and talked a couple minutes, and seemed to eye our stuff. Of course I had my dad's revolver with me.

I brought a tent but my buddy was the rugged type that makes a bed out of pine needles so he could sleep outside. It was a pretty dark night and I imagine that seeing my tent would make people think everyone was inside. My buddy was in his bag about 30 feet away. Sure enough, not long after we turned in there was a little noise outside. My buddy surprised him and he had some lame excuse about being lost. At the least the guy planned to walk off with some of our stuff I'm certain.

[TrailerparkTrash]

that will surely get the park ranger and LE attention too

[amd64]

Battery powered driveway motion detectors. Properly placed, they last a long time (if you're there longer than they last on batteries you aren't camping, you are living there).

There are some really good ones with very long range, setup at different distances you'll know if someone is headed in your direction or just some animal big enough to trip it is rumaging around.

The alarm is at your location so you can tone it down so it's nearly silent but can be heard by you. They pack easily, are weatherproof and they work.
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Yep. Wireless motion detectors work great.
3 or 4 detectors can be easily and quickly setup for a continuous perimeter.
I mount them on dowels, and position the detectors so they cover each other in case of tampering.

[JagerDog]

Where are you people camping? Somalia?

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[CessnaDriver]