Just a reminder for everyone, because of the record prices being paid for metals, there has been a rash of burglaries related to metal. What used to be considered as junk is getting top dollar at junk yards.
Farmers are especially vulnerable because of the location of their implements. Sometimes the equipment is stored in remote locations and unscrupulous thieves are taking advantage and making a quick buck.
For those of you that have property for hunting, you should make sure your food plot implements are safe.
The next time you go to your 40, you may find your property looking different....This is not a joke, it's really happening out there....
Here are some related articles....
High metal prices prompt local crime wave
Juventino Guzman cuts a piece of scrap iron Tuesday afternoon at Southern Scrap in Houma. With the price of steel, copper and other metals as high as they've been in years, people have been stealing metal and trying to sell it to scrap yards.
HOUMA -- As city police continue the search for a local teenager who allegedly stole a large planter and sold it to a scrap-metal dealer, local metal recyclers and police say such thefts are becoming a "huge problem," one that is exacerbated by the skyrocketing market prices of metals.
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http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080416/ARTICLES01/804160332/1027http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/if-metal-prices-keep-rising-look-for-a-boom-in-sawzall-sales/http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/05/17/scrapguy/
