Wireless motion detectors have worked for us. I use a few from Dakota Alert, a little pricey but amazing, perfect for large property and saved my team in Afghanistan. I also use several wireless driveway alarms. Once you get the sensitivity set they rarely have false alarms. I have them set up creating a perimeter around my 5 acre lot. The Dakota Alert sets paid for themselves a few months after getting them when "ALERT ZONE 1 ! ALERT ZONE 1!" Notified someone entered my driveway then about a minute later "ALERT ZONE 2! ALERT ZONE 2!" telling me they were in front of my garage. Long story short, went outside and crackhead was in my truck and it didn't end well for that perp. It was at 12:45 am on a windy and rainy November night. The Sheriff and deputies were impressed with the Dakota Alert Wireless alarms.
Glad you had success with Dakota Alert. That brand did not work well for me. Line of sight was the problem in the summer with leaves on the trees. 🤷🏼♀️
@@BonnieBlue2Athe key is placing the unit (the green box with the MURS sensor in it) where no branches sway in front of it. I have them at about 3 ft above the ground. The owners manual shows the beam pattern that has to be unobstructed.
Where I live it's pretty windy so motion sensors are more of a pain than a help! My dogs give me warnings with more reaction time! Also, they have different sounds for different 'threats'. For instance, they seem to hate coyotes and will raise quite a ruckus when coyotes are around!
Love and appreciate all your videos, Jason. I have a mutt dog, but she's the "princess"(according to her), and nothing and no one is getting past her!😊❤✌
I agree with the bushes around the parameter of the home. I use security cameras to monitor the parameter of my home. I prefer summer personally, and my dog watches my motion light outside of my house. She lays on my bed watching it because she knows any movements kick that light up. I appreciate the content. I build offroad vehicles and am currently working on an overlanding project. So I watch a bunch of shtf videos for add-ons for the vehicle. Be safe, and thanks again.
I like that Ol' Ben Franklin, folding front stove. I have one just like it in my shop that has never had a fire in it, given to me by my granddad. He bought it in the 40's or 50's. I just paid off his old home in the Ozarks last month, and will be installing it there. I want it used as he had envisioned. I have the big bent screen that goes in front of the fire as well.
Shows you've thought through some scenarios. Just some hints for those who want to take a deeper dive: - Deny Area Access: places where the bad guy _could_ hide or take cover (e.g. behind a tree), make it an "area of denial" through "anti-access" means. Make it _very uncomfortable_ (e.g. nails through garden hose, encircling base of tree). - Know existing chokepoints or create them. These can also funnel the adversary into places you can cover - Most of us have roadways/driveways near our homes. Figure out how you'll be stopping those from being used. If your plan is "hail of lead", please watch one of the many videos of how that works out when police try it on bad guys in vehicles. - Understand what a Linear Danger Area is and its potential advantages in defense/offense - Understand what a KZ is, how to create them or exploit naturally occurring ones - Understand overlapping fields of fire, how to apply them and, if necessary, create subtle markers of distance from firing positions if adjustments (e.g. aiming hiring or lower) need to be made to put rounds on targets - Perhaps (advanced)...and not without great training and risk, understand: a.) suppressive fire and how it is used in b.) fire and maneuver (e.g. _Find Fix Finish_ ) Arguably the most important and most difficult for last: figure out how to handle 24hrs of "pulling security" in the 3- dimensional (imaginary) dome around your place, all day, all _night_ . Because that is the reality in a serious SHTF scenario. Hopefully, nothing will happen and it will be 100% peaceful (and boring). If not, it could likely be 99% peaceful and boring with 1% fighting for your life. And the bad guys get to chose when, where, and how they do their bad things.
Same planter can be made with wood, planter inside a planter. Outer 2” fill planter with gravel, then your inner planter with soil as usual. This is the budget way. Geese and Guinea fowl are better alarms than ducks. A gang of geese can be aggressive and chase/peck attacking trespassers. Battery operated cellular game cameras are a force multiplier while cell towers are working. I use those in real time to check what set off my driveway alarm at night. Multiple locking doors to get inside adds time for someone trying to break-in. Locking storm door, outer door. An air-lock/entry area and another door to get to the interior. 3M makes a good window film that will hold the shattered glass together when someone tries to bash-in a window or glass entry door. A highly trained protection dog is another layer before pulling a firearm. For a shepherd that is trained to be stable around family members (children) and pets I recommend Joel at Fortress K-9.
For those people that have basements with access via entrance. Convert windowed doors to solid doors with dead bolts. Windows make easy access to locks with very little noise if you have a smart intruder. Also recently in our area we have had groups of individuals use WiFi jammers which blocked cameras from giving notice to phones or other devices. Have a backup like you said like animals that alert.
One big thing people don’t think about that I always bring up when people ask me about home defense is watch what you do and how much fortifying you do. You don’t want it to be so hard to get in that you also can’t get out. You need to be able to exit your home multiple ways. For example, you want to have a rope ladder stored on second and higher level floors. You don’t want to find yourself taking bars off your window while your family is standing behind you and you only have seconds before that fire consumes the room you’re in or the bad guy busts down the door. You need an exit plan that everyone knows.
Just got some of the window alarms that I am going to use as trip alarms. You just cut the top off of a plastic bottle, turn it upside down to make it rain proof and screw it to a post or tree. With a piece of velcro and fishing line you have an inexpensive perimeter alarm.
Gravel is nice and crunchy and a give away someone is walking. Have that around the sides of your house, along paths. Don't smoke or wear scent nor listen to loud music. I can detect scents and hear sounds easily, far better than many. I prefer softer sounds that require me to pay attention as a habit so sounds in the distance are more detectable and there's preparedness. Sometimes I do like the sound up for a movie but it's generally inclement weather outside then that the determined would really have to be serious about.
Great coverage of the topic. I'd add it's getting harder to trust unexpected people showing up at the door, especially in the heavier populated areas. It's nice to have way to visually inspect whomever rings the doorbell before deciding whether or not to go to there / answer the bell..
Thanks for posting this. Other items for HD is installing bullet 'resistant' window film, getting commercial rated steel exterior doors and frames made of 14-12 gauge steel, not the thin 20 gauge type at hardware stores and heavy duty locks with door jamming accessories for top and bottom of the door. Outdoor cameras are a must but any blind spots not covered by a camera, you can mount those traffic type mirrors and a driveway patrol sensor if you don't have dogs, ducks or geese, LOL. Also have adequate amount of fire extinguishers, fire blankets etc.
They will rule the Wasteland after the SHTF, unfortunately. 😢. Just imagine the gals from "The View", along with Richard Maddow, coming down the road. Terrifying!
I own 3 dogs a Labrador, German shepherd, mini sheepadoodle. The sheepadoodle watches my camera system monitor and will bark when sees movement it's amazing great help
Great video, brother. Yes, you are right about the ducks. Mine will definitely let you know if someone is on property. And if they don't see you, my guineas definitely will.
Not to mention if you live in a wildfire prone area, having a buffer of no plants near your home helps slow fire. I much prefer concrete planters with flowers. Smaller so you can't hide behind it as easily but it offers some bullet resistance
Double hung windows are VERY easy to open with a screw driver or small prybar........I broke into my own house with only a hunting knife in 2 minutes......I drilled all my windows and installed steel pins through both window jams. You have to break the windows to get in, they can't be opened from the outside........Also, Night lock door guards that screw into your floor with a sliding lock will prevent or at least slow down anybody coming through your doors..............locks are easy to pick, doors are easy to kick
hey man love the videos and the info your putting out . the real test of character is about to come to us all with whats coming in the next two weeks or so heads on swivel watch your 6ix folks
Great video. My only suggestion is regarding leaving the home in case of biker pirates attack. Unless you have a very familiar place to relocate, I'm for staying put and defending your home. Make sure everyone in the home knows where to move to (hopefully a location set up with your defensive materials). Leaving can make you vulnerable to other dangers combined with being in unfamiliar places.
Biggest thing is making your home a denied area because we live in the boonies and sheriffs might take 30 minutes to get there. Hard targets are usually readily identifiable by starting at your easiest access point, your driveway. Our driveway is 600 feet long and uphill, and everything on the property is forest except the driveway and house. We put a large farm gate at about the ⅓ mark going up the driveway and it has a lock on it but before you get to it a driveway alarm goes off in our home to alert us. They will have to stop at the gate to break the lock and that in itself will stop most but in the event they persist I wired a massive parking lot structure spotlight that I would use that when flipped on completely illuminates that part of the driveway like a baseball stadium. With clear shooting paths down the driveway to a disoriented intruder that cannot at all see us but we can see them, it's a bad situation for the intruder. We also have two 1200lb jersey barriers that we can move to that gate with our tractor if it chaos throughout our region, two dogs, and 12 cameras for the house and immediate home area plus 4 trail cameras for perimeter detection. The biggest threat detection multiplier we've purchased is a very, very good thermal scope on a rifle in 300 BO with a 30 round mag. It can also be used during the day and can used handheld, but at night, it lights up animal and human targets for immediate disposition as needed to secure an area. A determined foe would likely penetrate based on skill and numbers but we have a dozen or so neighbors with very light defensive postures so they'd likely be better targets. Best thing is I've taken a year to make my wife a skilled long distance marksman and we'd have plenty of say in the outcome of an effort to generate our defensive zone. Bad guys need to have bad endings
A very good video, happy St. Paddy's Day to you. Yeah, at the moment, I am in an apartment so I make it my job to know absolutely. Everybody that I'm neighbors with which you know. It helps some are awesome people in summer. You know, kinda closed off. Whatever, but for the most hurt, things are okay. The Sun was out here in wonderful, Ohio. It's kind of clouded over a little bit and it was snowing a little bit but it's no win away, so it's a pretty good day. Thank you for your video. Can't wait to watch the next one.
If you don't have any bars, wood sheets cut to size or anti glass-breakage foil on your windows: The very least thing you can do when the sh*t is on is to put duct tape stripes across the glass, in the shape of an "X" and then put stripes, forming a square, around the x. If it's a large window, just put more x's on it. This should hold the glass in place for a while, if it breaks.
Probably one of the best protectors are absolutely geese. They are loud and can be very aggressive. Our male goose has attacked people and even dogs to the point that they bleed. He's also surprisingly heavy with a weight of about 24 lbs. Greetings from Germany!
Thanks for the video, I like to look at our situation objectively. I prefer Fall weather and I like chickens. Next, I would like to have a couple of donkeys and a couple of goats, just for fun! I have recently added old fashioned rubber stoppers to go behind the doors. There are also door stops, that have a "Y" that goes under a door knob, and a rubber stopper on the bottom, I like these too. Of course broom handles are great for sliding glass doors. My dad used to put wooden dowels in the corners of the window frames, when they were raised only a couple of inches. That way you can have the window open, but no one can open it wider from outside! Thanks again Jason!
Former LEO. Can't tell you how many folks drove up to their house, saw the door open/saw someone through the window/felt something 'off' - then proceeded to march right into the house and either got clonked on the head or worse! If you're not trained on clearing rooms, then call the local PD or SO. May take them a while to get there (however, home invasion/burglary is high on the call list) but it's better than getting clonked or shot. And, yes, guineas are noisy but work!
I like the shotgun primer tripwire setups on the perimeter. Tends to dissuade an intruder from going further onto the property! 😊 Next level of warning is our dog. We have a Rottweiler Beagal mix. Good hunter AND sentry! Final warning are the motion activated lights. Oh, and that intermittent light in motion, that's me. Very high probability my light is attached to a bang stick. Stay cool though, if you can, my thermal might miss you. But I doubt it!
I have several motion activated lights in barnyard and main approach to house. Also no porch for access to front door which is about 3.5 ft above ground level.
I use ring alarm with alexa. I have sensors every where and 2 big dogs. Our dogs sleep inside at night so that the ring alarm can do it's job. So i am aware of my surroundings throughout the night. Best thing I ever did.
2016, I had a break-in and ended up in a shootout. I have one neighbor about 325 yards away. He didn't know anything about it. Dogs woke me up. The bad guy wasn't bothered by dogs. So I guess he was going to shoot them. Food for thought kids.
There is no better alarm animal than a flock of Guineas. My neighbor use to have them and they were always on our property. I couldn’t never sneak out or back in , when I was in highschool.
Can make a free to low cost fence by using discarded materials from new home builds. Dumpster diving. If not there the big box stores. Green metal 6 foot posts with attachment points. Rolled 4-5 feet wire aluminum fence attached with clips. Topped with strand of high strength metal wire. Electrically charge top wire. $100/50 feet. If you are cheaper, just pile up tree trimmings or make Vietcong fence.
Here in Europe, huge impenetrable hedges already existed in the Middle Ages as the outermost line of defense for cities. Called "Gebück", these enclosures covered several square kilometers/miles. If you create a smaller one for your property, e.g. from blackthorn bushes, and keep tying them up so that they branch out into themselves, they form a thicket through which you can neither drive a car nor crawl through. The thorns are much more stable than those of blackberries or roses because they are branches and not leaves like roses etc. You can't get through them without a chainsaw or "heavy" gardening tools. And biologically they are also useful because they flower early in the spring and provide food for bees and other pollinators, which is an advantage for your own vegetable garden if there are lots of bees, etc. are present. I can put whatever I want into the hedge to "improve" it. And a hedge of blackthorn doesn't look suspicious and nobody will have a problem with it. If I secure my property with concrete walls and barbed wire, the neighbors are more likely to look and maybe the police will ask what I'm doing.
@@sunandgratitude7536 The blackthorn is very robust in itself. The blackthorn grows at high altitudes in the Alps and also survives the winters there. I think it's quite possible that you can simply take the blackthorn despite the Siberian climate zone.
Motion detectors, such as one at the entrance, and then another down stream to where that 2nd going off confirms that it wasn't a branch blowing, or some debris, or animal. They also make night goggles. I like the bright light, but the downside is that once that comes on, they are ducking and you most likely won't see the unless they are out in the open. If you are alerted somehow, then you can get the upper hand by being on the look out with the night the apparatus.
G'day Jason. When we got our piece of paradise & having children who are very special, we did thought of some sort of security or deterrence concept on the property. Just like you, we have natural early alarms like farm animals. We also have a Billy goat that would chase & kick anyone it does not recognize & pee on you, telling you that you are his property. Except for the two canine, we don't names our animals. The dogs were trained (military) to protect the twins. Now that the twins are grown up, the dogs have a relaxing life but very alert. We have solar powered laser around the property that triggers when intruders are a thousand yards from the main house. It's a silent alarm & activate all cameras. Sometimes we do get first nation folks going on their walkabout, harmless really. We built shelters around their walkabout trails so if they're tired or the weather isn't too kind they will be able to rest and revive for the remaining of their journey. We are the first to own the property but we weren't the first owner. All who comes in peace in search of shelter are always welcome on our piece of paradise. We also leave food & water, depending on the season our girls leave clothing appropriate to the weather. At times we get handmade pieces left for us, like boomerangs, wooden spears, sound sticks etc. Thoughtful gifts are the best language for mankind & womankind. Natural early warning are the best, the deers will come closer to the homestead if there is something out there they are afraid of, the crows & ravens will go berserk. We do have a huge billabong (pond to you guys) where migratory birds rest before reaching their destination, probably to the eastcoast somewhere then to New Zealand. Just like your ducks, they would quack loud if any human were to come within their sights. Natural alarm are adequate for us currently, it's also food on the go.! Not the goat though, our girls won't forgive us if we ate him. Thanks again Jason & Mrs. On3. Cheers from Australia.
Almost everyone's weakest area of prepping, home defense. Established fields of fire, adequate cover within and without the home. I think having a really solid evac plan is uber important, if it becomes necessary to abandon the castle.
Fill "planter's" with sand it has much better bullet stopping properties than ordinary dirt. Add a layer of topsoil if you actually want to plant stuff.
Sand bags with sand and gravel mix in them can stop most projectiles. They can be stacked inside your home as a inexpensive safe area… not all of us can afford a stable secure (expensive) safe room.
My survival group has about 6 Belgian malinois so good luck trying to sneak in and if by miracle they happen to get past them they're going to get clapped
Guineas are like a watchdog on steroids, and if they aren't raised around chickens, they won't tear up your flower beds or garden. He's talking about briars and brambles, what exactly is a bramble? I heard it in the lyrics, 🪕🎵"They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles, they ran through the places that the rabbits wouldn't go" 🎵🪕 Battle of New Orleans... it seemed an appropriate tune to mention on this channel. 😂😅
Brambles are plants like raspberries and blackberries. Organic barbed wire! Shepherds hate blackberries because sheep's wool gets caught in it and tightens down as the animal struggles, eventually killing it.
Blink cameras cover my rural property. Easy to install. Have fake cameras also. Motion audio alarms in key drive and walk locations. Had guineas but wildlife had them for dinner. Going to try geese outside. Along with 50lb family dog inside that barks at every noise she hears. Yes we have seed dispensers and seeds readily accessible.
For rural settings peacocks are great alarms but they alarm at everything from people to dogs to weasel to hawks. All of which is good to know about except 1AM or whenever. The friendly neighbors from a mile away in all directions won't be so friendly after their quiet afternoon nighttime sleep is interrupted. I had such a neighbor in the 60's and 70's. I also worked on a ranch in the late 70's where the owners wife raised peacocks. They didn't seem to make so much noise. I noticed that every time I shook out a loop to rope a calf the the peacocks would run inside the barn. Seems that my compares used them for roping practice. So peacocks provide early warning and roping skills improvement. Double your money.
Use perimeter alarms equipped with 12 gauge blanks. They are great for alerting home owners of positions would be back guys are taking, and they are relatively cheap
I divided my property up and planted bamboo and behind it is a shed and a entrance from the main house and you emerge behind the bamboo and 4000 acres of wooded land is the home stretch to a stash place
During cold war in Europe, nuke site used geese in perimeter fences because they will go ape shit when anyone approached the fence. Loud as hell and they wont stop.
If you have bars on your windows you need a latch to release from the inside because you could be trapped in a fire and need to exit that window. Lives have been lost because of fixed bars on windows.
Given that we're on the cusp of a solar maximum, electronics may not be the most reliable. Even small dogs make good alarms and raspberry bushes are organic barbed wire.
I would add some battery powered flood lights within the house placed in the path of the intruders lights you could switch on remotely, you could also delay turning on the flood lights until the intruders are inside the home with enough delay to allow you to get into position!! If they use night vision the sudden flood of light would temporarily blind them and you in your firing positions would be firing on blinded intruders, which is why a delay is used!! Some movies like patriot games include bad guys with night vision!!
I have seen on another channel. someone suggest having loud speakers hooked to Alexa . as a distraction device with lights. so you can say Alexa play zebra! zebra! and it comes on full volume. but to me I don't trust Alexa. so I guse you could rig up a c. d. on a switch.
Even BP hall lights are nice. You never have to touch them and when you are in bed it alerts you if someone is coming while making them freeze for long enough to arm yourself. Batteries last quite awhile as well. Then use rechargable and your set.
I use driveway alarms to know where "deer" are on my property but for the teo legged deer get the brightest lights you can find/afford. They will make bad giys think twice but also give you an edge. Basically though, if someone gets inside, then someone wont be leaving. Its me or them.
They are putting everyone who watches survival channels or has "outdoor supply store purchases" online, on a list. Nice. Just passing along information. Even the purchase of some books including religious texts, list.... no avoiding it.
A true Farmer would know that a geese is one of the best things have you ever been bit by a goose before excellent watchdog were flocked by one😂 those are all my babies in my pets
We used to have guineas, but coyotes eventually got all of them, even though they had shelter available. But! They sure are noisy when anyone came around. In fact, too noisy for quiet country living. LOL~
