Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire While away hunting, some low life scum sucking meth head stole my ATV!!!

Those are both very good letters. I learned many years ago, that on rainy nights, thefts are going to rise. You have to use your instincts more, if it looks suspicious, it probably is.

USDOJ statistics, will show that rural crime is one of the fastest growing segiments of criminal activity in this country.

We both know the reasons as you've outlined in your letter, economy, lack of jobs, drug involvement. That along with small understaffed, underfinanced LE agencies. Sadly LE agencies manytimes, especially rural agencies, are playing reaction vs action to crime.

That's just about a guarantee!

If given the chance, I'll spray paint them to cover up the bruises and scrapes. Then I'll sand blast it off and start over again...

While away on my out of state hunt this year, some low life scum sucking meth head stole my ATV!!!

To say I was pi**ed would be to put it lightly...

Driving back 12 hours to home only to know you've got to face trying to find those responsible sucked and I'm still looking so that adds even more suction to the whole process too!!!

This is/was my bike;



and I've been out rattling the doors and turning over rocks where all the local rat turds live in their smoked up meth bliss!!!

I can't stand a dang thief!!! and what's more I can't stand anyone who buys from a thief!!!

Not the way I wanted to end my out of state hunting trip early that's for sure!!!

The two things I despise most in life is a thief and or a liar.

Sorry to hear that it was stolen. I know your pain & frustration, i've seen it on many a citizens face. If a stolen report was taken by LE, it'll be entered into NCIC. I watch four-wheelers heavily, if i get close enough to one, that i even suspect might be stolen, VIN numbers are going to be ran. I'm not going to tell you, that it'll be recovered, but in 13 years i've seen some recovered that i never thought, we'ld ever recover.

I don't know your local S.O., but if the investigators have any snitches, that's who'll be a big help in finding it, if it indeed was taken by drug users. For those of you, who don't believe it, i've seen folks hotwire a four-wheeler very quickly.

We've set up a four-wheeler in a yard with a "For Sale" signs on it. We'ld drain the fuel out of the main and reserve tanks, leaving just enough to start it and run a short distance. That in areas that four-wheelers are being stolen, we'ld set up and wait. We had LEO's on dirt bikes to give chase. Normally those stealing them have stolen many, you can clear alot of cases, when you catch one of them. It's a big business stealing four-wheelers in the SE. What i found interesting, but not surprising is that many are stolen by juvenile groups.

I've honestly worked it from just about every angle I can imagine. Not sure what more I can "Legally" do at this point other than sit back and wait.

And yes, being that this is my 2nd ATV to be stolen - I did have a policy on this one but "Progressive" said it might be up to 60 days before it's settled.

I think I'll just buy a old 4x4 Toyo or Jeep next go around!

Do you have insurance?

A few suggestions to try to prevent it happening again:
If you are going to be gone for very long disconnect or remove the battery. Don't leave it in the same building as the ATV.
Drain the gas tank and again don't leave it in the same building. This one might be worth considering to do daily. Would be best with a fuel cut off valve installed just below the fuel tank.
Maybe even remove one or more tires.
Just make it look like it will be more trouble than it is worth to steal.

MOST IMPORTANTLY raise cain with the state legislator until they require ALL Atv's to be registered. Even those that are used only on private property. Then someone trys to sell one but doesn't have a copy of the title no one in their right mind will buy it.

Hope they find it fast.

Those are the ONLY two things I despise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two things I despise most in life is a thief and a liar.