HEADS UP IF YOUR HEADING TO IOWA
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Scrappy
11-Oct-20
Just a heads up if you are heading to Southern Iowa zones 4 and 5. There is a huge ongoing theft ring right now. Day and night they are taking anything that isn't nailed down. They have been caught on security cams in broad daylight but wearing mask and flipping off the cams. All the locals I have been talking to this weekend are pissed and suspicious of everything. So be patient with the locals.
From: t-roy
11-Oct-20
How big of an area are you talking about, scrappy? What communities is this crap near?
From: WI Shedhead
11-Oct-20
Thier was a post somewhere- maybe heat about a trailer full of quads getting stolen in council bluffs
From: BigOk
11-Oct-20
I believe the thread talking about the trailer full of quads, is under " stolen atvs"
From: t-roy
11-Oct-20
Council Bluffs is in zone three. Zones 4-5 are east of there. Not to say they couldn’t be related.
From: Flatlander_2
12-Oct-20
Do any of the thieves appear to be armed in the photos?
From: Scrappy
12-Oct-20
The farmer that told me they had been caught on camera didn't mention any weapons Flatlander but I didn't ask either.
Hate to say it but thieves are so hard to catch if they have any organization skills at all which this group seems to have. There is no way these guys are hoking the stolen goods locally. Its just to rural.
Make sure you have insurance and a good inventory of your gear.
From: Flatlander_2
12-Oct-20
Good advice Scrappy
From: 4nolz@work
12-Oct-20
What town was the farmer from?
From: Pete-pec
13-Oct-20
Sorry to say it, but it's surely not a zone 4 or 5 thing, or an Iowa thing. It's a national thing. Thieves are everywhere! I shake my head at people who continually put decals on their trucks. The need to advertise for a hunting brand is ridiculous. You get nothing in return, except the admiration from some other dork that you are hunting with brand X, and you are truly advertising to would be thieves, there is gear worth looking at within your trucks. Locks deter honest people, and to thieves, you are purely suggesting you expect it to get stolen, now all you need, is to get past a lock. I have a "master key" (bolt cutter) that can get past any lock you have. Now that doesn't mean I'd use it for that, but a thief will steal one from a store, and get past anything you've got. There are two types of people in this world. Those who work for what they've got, and those who steal what you've worked so hard for. They seem to rationalize their thievery by saying to themselves, that this guy can afford it, and I gotta get mine!? These dirtbags are as brazen can be, and will steal in broad daylight.
From: wkochevar
13-Oct-20
Pete, your last statements sounds like your describing our left- leaning politicians... Just sayin'
From: Pete-pec
13-Oct-20
Wkochevar, no doubt middle America gets a hosing!
From: Rut Nut
13-Oct-20
When my father-in-law still had his vacation home and 100 acres, his nephew who was a State Trooper would stay there overnight between shifts sometimes. One day when he was getting off duty he returned to find the house had been burglarized. In the time it took to go back to the barracks and fill out the report, they actually went back for another load. They even took some of the furniture. They were eventually caught, primarily because they bragged that they had ripped off a State Trooper!
From: IdyllwildArcher
13-Oct-20
Anyone who's been stolen from knows how infuriating it is - it makes your blood boil. I hate thieves. I can see why ancient civilizations cut off people's hands for stealing. It's a very heavy-handed punishment and doesn't have a place in today's society, but if you've been stolen from, taking a sword to someone's hand is an appealing thought while your blood is boiling.
From: Guardian hunter
14-Oct-20
we were ripped off for over $18,000 worth of tools and hunting equipment 2 years ago. It's still a pit in my stomach. Take the extra time and protect what you own.
