Thread: Illegal Hunting

Any idea on what kind of camera that is that took the pictures? I've been looking for an off the grid security camera that won't draw attention from trespassers - looks like this one fits the bill?



In other news, since no one has explicitly said it - the thermal wouldn't have seen the IR beam on the trail camera because they work in different parts of the IR spectrum. It's easy to get mixed up because they both use IR light, just very different wavelengths of the light. Night vision usually works in the Near IR division, while thermal works in the long wave IR division, so generally devices will be blind to the other divisions. Cell phones can see NIR because they usually don't have, or have cheap IR filters over the lenses. A fun cheap project is to make a ghetto night vision system by opening up a digital camera and removing the IR filter. You end up with a permanently purple tint to the image, but you can now use it in the dark with an active IR source and get a decent image.

Also red filter can be great if you're trying to spot animals that're easily spooked or don't see red well. Some animals see some colours really intensely while don't see others at all. In effect they're seeing the world like a red colour blind person, so if you filter your spotlight to a colour that you can see but they can't, they won't even know they're being spotlit. If you've got a rat problem a red spotlight works wonders for killing that last smart rat that can't be killed any other way

Originally Posted by canross

Any idea on what kind of camera that is that took the pictures? I've been looking for an off the grid security camera that won't draw attention from trespassers - looks like this one fits the bill?



In other news, since no one has explicitly said it - the thermal wouldn't have seen the IR beam on the trail camera because they work in different parts of the IR spectrum. It's easy to get mixed up because they both use IR light, just very different wavelengths of the light. Night vision usually works in the Near IR division, while thermal works in the long wave IR division, so generally devices will be blind to the other divisions. Cell phones can see NIR because they usually don't have, or have cheap IR filters over the lenses. A fun cheap project is to make a ghetto night vision system by opening up a digital camera and removing the IR filter. You end up with a permanently purple tint to the image, but you can now use it in the dark with an active IR source and get a decent image.

Also red filter can be great if you're trying to spot animals that're easily spooked or don't see red well. Some animals see some colours really intensely while don't see others at all. In effect they're seeing the world like a red colour blind person, so if you filter your spotlight to a colour that you can see but they can't, they won't even know they're being spotlit. If you've got a rat problem a red spotlight works wonders for killing that last smart rat that can't be killed any other way

After I posted I had an afterthought, that even with a NIR camera they'd not have spotted the trail cam. The trail cam likely only emits a NIR flash when it gets triggered, and it's sensor is likely a passive heat sensor like most alarm/floodlight motion detectors.

Other afterthought is that girl looks like a European backpacker. Maybe do your investigation of local outfits inviting tourists out possum shooting, but then again in that case they're likely doing no real harm.

I'm the landowner, offering a $500 reward to anyone who can identify any of these people by first and last name, and where they live. Must be confirmed by police. Informant can remain anonymous. Contact pelorusforest@hotmail.com. Thanks!

I could do with $500 cash at the moment. Good luck with the search

Originally Posted by KarakaB

I'm the landowner, offering a $500 reward to anyone who can identify any of these people by first and last name, and where they live. Must be confirmed by police. Informant can remain anonymous. Contact pelorusforest@hotmail.com. Thanks!

Hi @KarakaB

To help your cause, may I suggest you post the trail cam video to youtube and post the youtube video here?

Reason is, people may recognise someone better when seeing the clip with motion and all. Also include where / when the film was taken.

Originally Posted by KarakaB

I'm the landowner, offering a $500 reward to anyone who can identify any of these people by first and last name, and where they live. Must be confirmed by police. Informant can remain anonymous. Contact pelorusforest@hotmail.com. Thanks!

Welcome. I hope you find the bastards.

Thank you for your comments. I will respond later on type of camera etc. for those interested.

Correction: the reward is payable to the first person who can name & locate any of these characters.

The landowner again: We have a tentative ID, so the $500 offer is no longer available, sorry. I will answer your questions on camera etc. later: don't want to tip off bad guys how to find a camera to steal just yet. Thank you, folk, for your comments and encouragement.

fingers crossed you get a result !

The tentative ID didn't pan out. Therefore the $500 reward offer is re-instated.

Any luck finding the trespassers?

Originally Posted by canross

Any luck finding the trespassers?

Was thinking about this thread yesterday (found sign of poachers on a private block I go to) and wondering if there had been a resolution....

Man you even get it on the island 223nut was thinking about that the other day in regards to a few things that were written in the other pubs thread on the Stewart Island. Something along the lines of Abraham’s block being hit hard by the locals.
Bit shit really this poaching business. The classification of deer as a pest doesn’t help matters.