Just got my first roll of film developed got some pretty cool pics. Got one of a doe looking straight into the camera at about 24" away. Mine is a Non-typical brand deer cam takes real good quality photos and is not as expensive as some others. As for theft prevention, I dont know. I just try to put it up where a person would not be likely to set it off, like in thickets. I also try to keep an eye my property if I was to have problems with tresspassers I dont think I would put it up.