Telescoping Video Camera Mounted On A Tripod

Telescoping Video Camera Mounted On A Tripod MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 22-3-28 .Robert Crampton, Staples, Minn.: "I have three public roads going by my farm and often have trouble with hunters who trespass on posted land and scare my cattle. Some have even turned their dogs loose on my farm which drives the cattle away. One time I was driving around my farm and saw some guys with a dog kennel on back of their pickup. They said they were hunting for coyotes and that they would shoot them without walking on my land. However, I have trouble with gophers so I don't want the coyotes killed. There have been confrontations, and one time I even had someone pull a gun on me. Most of the time I'm alone so if I do complain to the sheriff it's my word against the word of two or three hunters. "That's when I came up with the idea of using a telescoping video camera as a witness. I mounted the camera on a tripod on an old refrigerator tray on the passenger side of my pickup seat. I plug the camera into the pickup's cigarette lighter, The camera zooms in and can also be swiveled up or down. Now I can videotape any problem situations to show the sheriff as proof." "Here's another idea; To keep mice from entering my buildings in the fall, I buy chunks of mouse bait in 1-gal. pails from a local store. I cut a 1-in. dia. hole in the side of the pail where mice can enter and eat the bait. The pails are sold with four or five chunks of bait in them. I usually keep three chunks in each pail and put the rest of the chunks in 1-gal. ice cream pails which I also cut holes into. I have a half dozen of the pails around my house and also inside my barn and shed. Buying bait in volume this way is much less ex-pensive than using cardboard bait boxes and the pails keep bait safe from pets and kids. A brick placed on top of each pail keeps the wind from blowing them around."

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