[TheForge] was solar cells OT: POL: chickens

[Bruce Freeman]

I learned only recently that your typical digital camera is sensitive
to (invisible) IR radiation.  So, order a shit load of IR LED's from
Hong Kong via ebay, then wire them up as a lamp near your chicken
coop.  Mount a digital camera on your rifle scope, and you might have
a clear shot a tthe varmint before it knows it's visible.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:47 PM,  <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Ok, I have one of those infra red motion detectors installed again this year.  I used to have an alarm type, but the new one is one that turns on a light when something moves (with the lights removed).  I have it wired to click a relay in the bedroom.  The relay turns on a buzzer.  When the buzzer sounds in the night, I look out my bedroom window and shoot what is out there.  My shooting area (and the area monitored by the sensor) is illuminated by a 60 W klieg clip on light.  My window is opened at bed time and a wood window slipped into place.  The critters will hear and see me opening a regular window.  In the wood window I have a small door which I can open quietly and rest the rifle on the edge of the opening.
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> The buzzer is in a drawer and has an off switch.  Otherwise they can hear the buzzer when I open the window.
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> A few years ago I pretty much cleared out the night eaters in my area.  I found that they hunt in different areas and only return to an area every 4-5 days.
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> If you wish a schematic or pictures or anything. Shoot me an email (or anyone else who might need it).  It is simple for the non-electrically inclined.
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> Good luck.
-- 
Bruce
NJ