Ration/Meal getting stolen out of a meal bin

You can get wireless cameras, Wyze do a few different types some on WiFi some have a base station so will work from much further away. Can be bought of Amazon.com.

Also have night vision so while the picture won’t be as good you will still see what’s happening and get an alert that someone is there to your phone also so you might be able to get down there and catch them in the act.

Buy a trail camera and set it up outside the entrance.

Or this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bisley-Security-Burglars-Intruders-Galvanized/dp/B0049ACMC6/ref=asc_df_B0049ACMC6/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=218073864227&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12840050153006585239&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=21317&hvtargid=pla-424593922463&psc=1&mcid=9391b27bbd2e3308b3897ce52a614d53

That's a good idea in theory but it would end up choking an animal if you were using the meal yourself

What the OP would want to do is to half fill the meal bin (or a relatively small amount like a half tonne), put the tag in, and continue feeding the bags until the loose ration is taken again. But it might not be taken again

How are they getting it out? Backing a trailer underneath it or would they be having to cart it out with a wheelbarrow? They are hardly set up with some kind of pipe and auger?

Just FYI, when it comes to self-defence (which includes defence of property), the standard is whether the force used is reasonable, as you believe it to be. It is a subjective test.

Obviously, if it came to it and an incident happened, the more objectively dangerous a situation is, the more chance you'd have of convincing a jury that you genuinely believed it was reasonable at the time.

Don't forget to buy a sign saying that there are cameras up. If it just happens to fall down the very evening that the raiders come, and you quickly reinstall it before the Gardai arrive, with all the rushing about, don't forget to mention that it might not have been visible when the raiders arrived 😉

There were due to be some changes to legislation related to cameras for illegal dumping purposes but I'm not sure of the status now. Under the old rules, you wouldn't be allowed to use camera evidence where there was no sign up.

I have the one with the base station. They don’t video all the time they sit in a low power standby and start recording when they detect movement (can be any movement or smart detection for people/vehicles). It also notifies your phones immediately. Depending on how often they are detecting movement you could get anything from 1 - 3 months between charges but likely you will be getting up on 2 months as my one gets triggered a lot and usually get something like 2 months.

its cloud based but you can put in an SD card (I never have). You do need to pay a sub of around $10 per year per camera to get the most out of it but well worth it imo.

Go to a gun shop and buy a trail camera and a box of no 4’ s

There was a fella in Cork having green diesel stolen.

He left a few gallons in the tank and threw in some milking machine detergent.

A few weeks later one of his neighbours had to change his car as the engine was bollixed……

There was a lad in Mayo having turf stolen. So he shoved a shotgun cartridge into one sod on top of the heap. There was an awful bang in a neighbours house shortly afterwards…..

The dildo of consequence’s rarely arrives lubed 😂

Just make sure you get the one with non visible IR - otherwise they will spot it a mile off.

If its just you using it, I'd go with the airtag option as artane said above.

You could glue the tag to bit of string one end and glue a light magnet other. Pop it inside the feeder chute at night, take it out in the morning. If someone empties it the feed should knock the airtag out with the feed. Job done. No need to chuck it inside the silo itself.

Plus you'll get a direction for the guards

That's why I said above about getting one with the non visible ir sensors.

Just need to look out for them in the product description.

Dog is the only job for them.

Easily poisoned though. And not great for the dog, either way.

Missing a bottle of whiskey

A neighbour of mine noticed a few bales going missing from an out farm so he buried two timbers with six inch nails in them in the tracks leading to the bales. A few days later he came across his cousins tractor on the road with two flats wheels and a bale on the back. No need for a trail cam.

So you have wifi in the spot? All you need is a Blink camera so, or a million cheaper variants out there, one year battery life on standby, arm and disarm it from the app with a click (uses more battery when armed but still measured in weeks), image/video instant alerts from the motion sensor, night vision etc, I have 2 covering my house and they're great. Small little black cube of a camera, easy to hide.

It comes with a tiny little USB hub, stick a USB key in that it will record video no subscription required just the app on your phone, place the hub half way between your router and the camera site to maximize range. The hub will run off a USB powerpack if no plug socket in the area.

If it doesnt work out just return it to Amazon no questions asked.

Amazon.co.uk : blink camera

Not sure you will find many cameras with non visible ir. It’s visible on mine but you would struggle to notice it and anyway it only activates when motion is detected on any half decent one so by the time they see it your phone is triggered and a video saved to the cloud.

As an aside I don’t know why some are so against the very small subs to get cloud strange, event triggers etc with some of the systems. It’s usually only a few euro a year and generally gives a much better service/system.