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P O Box since the first week here, mailbox baseball, 1 inning and I did not replace it. We rented a box instead and it has been well worth it, 'sides we have had the same address for the past 43 years eve though we have changed homes 3 times.

Thanks everybody for the suggestions. Will start with a trail cam(AH64guy I'll check out the Bushnell and Browning units) to try and catch the sob's just because, but most likely move on to a PO box. Snake in the box would be fun but only works during the warm months, just no rattlin' effect this time of year...

I was a rural mail carrier, and over the years dealt with several episodes of mail theft. The thieves used to target boxes on the days when the Social Security checks came out, but direct deposit has pretty much took care of that. It can be hard to catch them, as it's usually random acts. If you want to get USPS's attention on matters, just threaten to call in the news media and make it public....they don't like that, and will usually take some action.

Our daily newspaper is delivered early in the morning, and years ago, my Saturday paper was stolen for about 4 weeks in a row. We speculated someone was getting it for the weekend yard sales notices or the coupons. I called the newspaper office and was telling them about. When they told me there was nothing they could do, I told them I had two options.....first was to cancel my paper, second was to put a bomb in the box, and when the thief grabbed my paper, it would blow his hand off. That got their attention! They moved my box down in my driveway, and the thefts stopped.

You put anything harmful in a mail box and you are in a lot worse trouble than the thief!!!!!!!!!!

Kids were doing that around here a few years ago....

Our road takes a 90 degree turn beside my house... the guy across the street ( now deceased sadly) heard this was going on, and put a post the thickness of a railroad tie, on each side of his mail box.

Since this was taking place at night, guess the punks couldn't see the posts, until it was too late....

There was a broken end of a ball bat and glass on the ground next to his mail box one morning.... there were no more smashed mail boxes in the neighborhood after that...

I'm sure some punk broke more than the ball bat and glass from the car's window....cops checked the local ERs real early patient list supposedly...

Don't waste money on a trail camera.What would you do with the information? That isn't going to give you names or such.

Police or USPS are not going to help you

Bite the bullet and install a lockable mailbox,solve your problem and get on with life

We put in a locking mail box right from the beginning and have been very satisfied with the result. We occasionally hear our rural neighbors complain about missing mail or bashed in mail boxes, but in 15 years we have been spared. For us, making a 32 mile round trip to the visit a PO box was something we just didn't want to do.