Doing some grocery shopping and this is what we find
They’ve got the steaks locked up!
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RC44Mag
Buckeye
Not to worry says Gov newson the steaks just come with FREE bbq grating.
Colonialgirl
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NO WONDER at about $19.00 a pound; Find a NEW place to shop with lower prices !!
Those are some "Prime" looking ribeyes and lower than costco.
Ray Newman
Blackhawk
My take on this --
Don't blame the stores.
Blame the shoplifters and the courts that will not prosecute shoplifting as a crime.
Don't blame the stores.
Blame the shoplifters and the courts that will not prosecute shoplifting as a crime.
TestEngineer
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Holy Crap!!!
In 28 years of hunting a specific wilderness area, there has been 1 single year that I have encountered a game warden checking licenses. In the mean time, there has been 5 years with ranchers driving cattle inside my hunting area (during season), and at least 10 more years with cattle wondering around scaring elk out of the area.
For these crazy beef prices, it is certainly worth the risk of shooting one of them cows and loading it into the truck to take home. I'm not condoning rustling. I'm just saying that ranchers are not paying nearly enough for putting their cattle out on public land. If they won't get their cattle out before hunting seasons start, I wouldn't feel bad for them having their cattle rustled.
Another example of the rich getting richer at the expense of the public.
In 28 years of hunting a specific wilderness area, there has been 1 single year that I have encountered a game warden checking licenses. In the mean time, there has been 5 years with ranchers driving cattle inside my hunting area (during season), and at least 10 more years with cattle wondering around scaring elk out of the area.
For these crazy beef prices, it is certainly worth the risk of shooting one of them cows and loading it into the truck to take home. I'm not condoning rustling. I'm just saying that ranchers are not paying nearly enough for putting their cattle out on public land. If they won't get their cattle out before hunting seasons start, I wouldn't feel bad for them having their cattle rustled.
Another example of the rich getting richer at the expense of the public.
I saw a large woman in a store handicap cart hide several beef tenderloins under her sweatshirt. I mentioned it to the store management and they let her go with the meat. Who would want it after it was hidden under her skanky top.
That was at Walmart!
I was shopping today at the grocery store and needed some AA batteries. I found them and they have locks on each and every display. Had to get a clerk to unlock the rack so I could pick the pack of them. She said people would steal them and pocket them and never pay when they went through the self pay line. Same with razor blades.
eveled
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hopefully these extra measures keep costs down, but the measures cost extra too. So either way the extra cost will be passed on to us.
I was a Cabelas yesterday they had .22WMR bulk bottles on the shelf. I had to have a clerk unlock the window. I also had to fill out a silly form. Pathetic what the country is becoming.
I was a Cabelas yesterday they had .22WMR bulk bottles on the shelf. I had to have a clerk unlock the window. I also had to fill out a silly form. Pathetic what the country is becoming.
Wow, those prices make deer hunting look like a real winner. Free tag, $2 cartridge, $20 for gas, and $150 for processing gets me 50-70 pounds of the best meat on earth. And this year, the bunny cops are reimbursing half of the processing charges on the CWD permits. 
coach
Hunter
Two local supermarkets no longer have the small handheld baskets that I would often use when picking up only a few items. I asked about it and was told they were getting stolen. I blame it on the fact that the county banned plastic bags and made the stores charge 5 cents per bag. Also the lazy thieving people that wouldn't pay a nickel and carried their groceries to the car and kept the baskets.
contender
Ruger Guru
We can blame ourselves.
Stores no longer try & catch & arrest shoplifters. They tell the clerks NOT to try & stop a thief. And in the cases where a thief is caught,, prosecution is so non-existent, that there is no penalty for the thieves. So they do it again. The justice system has gotten so slack about HARSH penalties that thieves do not fear getting caught.
When you have people say things like; "My little Johnny has had it hard,, he's a good boy,, he just needs help." I call PURE BS!!!!
I raised my kids to know that if they did wrong,, there would be punishment.
Parent the kids, and the adults who do the crimes,, make them pay by jail AND working off the debt.
But since stores fear lawsuits, they just mark it up to the cost of doing business. Thieves know that if they get aggressive or even violent, they can steal anything, WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION! And if caught, they claim all kinds of crap that gets them a pass on the crimes.
A parent is legally responsible for a minor child. If the minor breaks a law,, they need to charge the parents with neglect or other stuff to where the parent pays as well as the minor. Send the child to a "juvie detention center" and jail the parents.
Teach them that crime is wrong & it can cost them freedom & such.
Just look around in the media & you will see ALL kinds of crimes being "forgiven" or not prosecuted, or reduced to nearly nothing, etc.
"Little Johnny" or "Baby Suzie" need SERIOUS attitude adjustments! And so do their parents.
As for the cost of the steaks,, I'm like Mobuck,, but I do my own processing. Better for you,,, costs a lot less per pound, and I enjoy hunting!
Stores no longer try & catch & arrest shoplifters. They tell the clerks NOT to try & stop a thief. And in the cases where a thief is caught,, prosecution is so non-existent, that there is no penalty for the thieves. So they do it again. The justice system has gotten so slack about HARSH penalties that thieves do not fear getting caught.
When you have people say things like; "My little Johnny has had it hard,, he's a good boy,, he just needs help." I call PURE BS!!!!
I raised my kids to know that if they did wrong,, there would be punishment.
Parent the kids, and the adults who do the crimes,, make them pay by jail AND working off the debt.
But since stores fear lawsuits, they just mark it up to the cost of doing business. Thieves know that if they get aggressive or even violent, they can steal anything, WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION! And if caught, they claim all kinds of crap that gets them a pass on the crimes.
A parent is legally responsible for a minor child. If the minor breaks a law,, they need to charge the parents with neglect or other stuff to where the parent pays as well as the minor. Send the child to a "juvie detention center" and jail the parents.
Teach them that crime is wrong & it can cost them freedom & such.
Just look around in the media & you will see ALL kinds of crimes being "forgiven" or not prosecuted, or reduced to nearly nothing, etc.
"Little Johnny" or "Baby Suzie" need SERIOUS attitude adjustments! And so do their parents.
As for the cost of the steaks,, I'm like Mobuck,, but I do my own processing. Better for you,,, costs a lot less per pound, and I enjoy hunting!
Ahhhh.......ALPHA MPS (Merchandise Protection Standard)......unfortunately the fishnet pocket device is only a deterrent. It has no EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) to activate and sound an audible alert when passing through the EAS podiums at exit. Of course, these days no employees, or even LP/AP can do much about it. Employees can only give "customer service" and LP/AP are hands off. They can approach but can't physically apprehend. So it's mostly documenting who, what, how and where on video and a case file. Eventually you get enough to track/pattern. But unless it's an established ORC (Organized Retail Crime) group it won't get much attention from States Attorney office.
Perishable product like meats are high theft, most retailers budget for an inventory swell to allow mostly for inventory shrink due to spoiled/expired shelf life but also theft, both external (shoplifting) and internal (employee).
Perishable product like meats are high theft, most retailers budget for an inventory swell to allow mostly for inventory shrink due to spoiled/expired shelf life but also theft, both external (shoplifting) and internal (employee).
I can remember seeing a mother screaming at her son who was about 8 at the time for shoplifting from a store...
He wasn't being screamed at for the theft, she was upset that he got caught at it.
Of course it was everyone else's fault that she and her spawn were thieves...
He wasn't being screamed at for the theft, she was upset that he got caught at it.
Of course it was everyone else's fault that she and her spawn were thieves...
Sadly it was common. I watched both ends. You never knew what was going to happen on juvenile arrests. I waited on parents/legal custodians to arrive to see them be scolded for getting caught often.....but then there were the parents who would not show and tell us over the phone to "take them to jail and let them rot". One that sticks out in my mind was a juvenile employee that was caught stealing high dollar sunglasses from inventory. He admitted to doing it for months, and he sold them at school. When we told him his Mom/Dad were on the way he almost passed out with fear. When the Father arrived he busted through the office door and we needed to restrain him. His Wife became a sobbing mess. He calmed down, but never took his eyes off the kid as everything was explained. When they were released, soon as they stepped foot off the curb the Father let loose on the kid, and was arrested. Father was Senior enlisted at nearby military installation. Kid had been accepted to USMA. Saw them in court a month or so after. Kid lost his chance at USMA, Father had his own legal worries from it. I told my youngest Son about that many times......
People, not arresting shoplifters is not a new thing. About 50 years ago I worked as security, in a store to catch shoplifters. I caught a bunch. In fact I caught so many they said I had to call and get approval before I arrested someone. Then it was, what did he steal? Where did he put it? Is he with anyone? What do they have? If they had a cart full of stuff, they wanted me to let them go.
Another store I worked at I observed a guy walk in with a gun under his tshirt. I didn't want things to get out of control (I also had a concealed gun) so I moved to a position where he could see I was watching him. At first his head jerked when he saw me watching him, because he wasn't sure what was going on. Then he started taking quick peaks to figure out what was going on. When he got up to the cashier he asked the time, swore and left. They wondered why I didn't wait for him to pull his gun so they would know for sure it was a robbery, all they had was my word.
Businesses end up with too many mixed emotions about the thing.
Another store I worked at I observed a guy walk in with a gun under his tshirt. I didn't want things to get out of control (I also had a concealed gun) so I moved to a position where he could see I was watching him. At first his head jerked when he saw me watching him, because he wasn't sure what was going on. Then he started taking quick peaks to figure out what was going on. When he got up to the cashier he asked the time, swore and left. They wondered why I didn't wait for him to pull his gun so they would know for sure it was a robbery, all they had was my word.
Businesses end up with too many mixed emotions about the thing.
crstrode
Single-Sixer
Whoa there pilgrim. Calling public land my hunting area is a clear exemplar of an elitist state of mind.
Using your logic, it goes without saying that shooting rustlers on-sight probably would not make the cattlemen feel bad either.
