Cabin broken into by thief!!!

[backtobasics]

When I was younger and living in the true north, no one ever locked a cabin back in the woods. The one line of thinking being, what if someone's in dire straits and needs to get in and you're not home to welcome them. The unspoken rule was leave it the way you found it, or a bit better. I've used strangers cabins and made a point of splitting and hauling in some extra firewood or leaving some food for the next guy as long as it was something that would keep, maybe some tea bags or a can of coffee. I don't think folks are that friendly anymore, probably because of a-holes like the one that hit your cabin, it's a shame. But I wanted to verify what Pop said, a) because it's true and b) because I don't want him to be having to crap in his mess kit.

(Cuz I can just hear "son, clean this up for me will ya? uh uh I ain't lickin' that off my paw's)

Yep, times have changed. I have been in need of shelter and used a strangers cabin and believe thats OK, but i never took anything or even left a mess. I was greatful that this person had such a wonderful place for me to stay. I just don't understand people sometimes. Most times, almost all the time.

[Riverrat]

Around here we had a lot of problems with camps being broke into, at least the ones that were locked. The ones that were left open, good supply of wood, directions to the shed where more wood was kept, and a log book for all to sign have very little trouble, and the wood box is almost always kept full. I have not even heard of them loosing any dishes.....

[SARKY]

Your cabin idea is sound, however instead of having the supplies open in the cabin, cache them either under the cabin or near it underground. I am assuming (something I don't like to do) that these are long term storage supplies so you won't need to go in once every 2 or 3 months and rotate them out. As long as you know where the cache is in relation to your cabin, no problem. This also precludes anyone from wanting your cabin for anything besides shelter. If done properly using water tight containers you could even store guns and ammo in these caches.

[wareagle69]

locking just makes for damage i live in cottage country and most of what i hear being taken are valuables like chains saws generaters ice augers quads and such do not hear much about food beind taken but maybe they just don't report it.
i would do as has been suggested if you are using for a bug out then stash supplies in underground cashes so they will be ther when needed
i have once again modified my plans i used to be a bug out guy the i read an article that i posted in tha an absolute must read thread and thus became a bug in type of guy but now i have allowed provissions for bugging out but hopefully i can stay bugged in for the first few months hopefully up to a year then if i have to bug out most of those who have bugged out already will have failed and gone leaving the counrty wide open again, problem with bugging out as was already said what happens if they get there before you then what?

[Sourdough]

Then you be Sierra-Oscar-Lima

[crashdive123]

Sailor Out of Luck?

[Rick]

I'm glad you posted that. I thought it was some new kind of Alaskan Lima Bean.

[Sourdough]

You got it....Crash

[crashdive123]

.....and it certainly beats the heck out of Tango-Uniform or Delta-Romeo-Tango.

[Stony]

our cabins are all open, only dishes and a few stables in one,
the wood stoves need 3 people each to carry, all are still there after 10 years.
no problems so far, but expecting the worst every visit.

[Dave Johns]

A couple of you are bringing up a good point re: caching stores underground. I have been wondering what would be needed to safely store dry goods for longer periods of time. Any suggestions? I have collected a couple food-grade 5gal buckets, have the good lids, pretty sure I will get the mylar bags, but what else needs to be done? If I take the time to bury it, and then come back a few months later to find that chipmunks have opened a restaurant, I will be annoyed.

[catfish10101]

Although I agree with your opinion of our society, quite frankly, I'm a bit worried about you after reading this post. LOL.

There are many camps in the bayous around here that are restricted to water acess only. Most of these are used as hunting camps during the season and for weekend vacations throughout the year. The owners are usually people who live just a few miles from the launches and can be at their camp in less than an hour of getting home from work. These camps are usually kept unlocked and the expensive stuff taken home. Up until about 10 years ago, it was very rare that anything was stolen from them. Most of the time, it was the camps that were locked that were the victims. The camps that were unlocked were always open to anyone who needed to take a break or shelter from a storm or get out of the water if their boat had broken down. People expected respect and were given respect for what they provided for others. Now, it is getting to the point that people are arriving at camp to find their pots and pans gone, and their windows broken even if the door was left open. Society has gone to HE(double hocky sticks), and soon we will all pay the price for those who choose not to do the right thing.

I will stop here because I feel the urge to get political and it is very hard not to do it.

[pgvoutdoors]

Might as well suck it up. You can't do squat without getting into trouble yourself. On some of the back trails I roam on there are a few cabins and they all have a sign on the door that it's unlocked and feel free to use it, just leave it the way you found it and they ain't had any trouble with vandals, even leave a lawn mower and folks actually do cut the grass and leave it clean. I know this sounds like a fairy tale but I hope to crap in my mess kit if it ain't true.

Very Sorry to hear of the loss of your gear. I've been in that position myself. After a period of being pissed off, you just have to let it go and start over.

WVC is right... I know of a cabin that is well over a hundred years old that sits on a piece of private property in the middle of a state forest. The owner is now in his eighties and inherited it from his father which built it and farmed the area. The cabin is of the one room type, very simple, and sparsely furnished. It has some kitchen supplies, a couple of axes, and a lantern.

A sine on the wall says "Welcome! This cabin has been in my family for over a hundred years. All I ask is that you enjoy your stay and please leave it clean. Jack Starlin"

I'm sure you could never leave it fully supplied, but it's nice to see people respecting what is there.

[Sourdough]

A couple of you are bringing up a good point re: caching stores underground. I have been wondering what would be needed to safely store dry goods for longer periods of time. Any suggestions? I have collected a couple food-grade 5gal buckets, have the good lids, pretty sure I will get the mylar bags, but what else needs to be done? If I take the time to bury it, and then come back a few months later to find that chipmunks have opened a restaurant, I will be annoyed.

Steel 55 Gal. drum with snap-ring removable top.

[klkak]

Edit: My comments are no longer needed so I am deleting them.

[nell67]

I agree with you 100% klkak,too many of his posts are like this though....

[Sam]

Please do not put crap like this on this forum. Even if you are joking. Anyone who even thinks about taking another's life because they broke into a cabin that is rarely used is mentally disturbed. Don't forget there are young and impressionable people on this site. I am addressing this to every member.

I agree with klkak, unless your back is 'to the wall' no THING is worth randomly killing for. Stuff is replaceable. You can not give back a life taken. It changes you forever. So don't take it lightly!!!!
Sorry about the rant. I just do see killing people as the cool thing to do.
-Sam

[klkak]

Thanks Nell. It struck a nerve. This is a good site that I would hate to see become polluted. My six year old grandson is learning to read pretty good and I let him read on here because of the good information. He don't need to see stuff like that.

[nell67]

Thanks Nell. It struck a nerve. This is a good site that I would hate to see become polluted. My six year old grandson is learning to read pretty good and I let him read on here because of the good information. He don't need to see stuff like that.

Even more of a reason that he should not be posting junk,he can take that back to his anarchist cookbook website if he wishes,but not here!

[crashdive123]

Marcraft - this seems to be a theme that you have repeated a few times. I know that you are young, but it should be obvious that posts like that have no place on this forum. Leave it in you Anarchist Cookbook and sites that spew that kind of krap.