they're going to have to kill us because we can identify them. >> you want me to go in here and he went boom. >> reporter: the intruders tied up the couple in this bedroom and fled in their vehicle. they were caught and sentenced to long prison terms. the hunts feel fortunate to have escaped with their lives. the residents of this nearby house also escaped by their property and moving to montana where we spoke with terry stoler via skype. >> we said oh, my, that could have been us. >> reporter: then another neighbor, rancher rob krants was shot and killed by a suspected illegal immigrant. >> when the rancher was killed, we knew we had to make a decision not to go back. it was no longer safe for us to be walking out on the ranches, hunting quail. we were not well armed and they would make quick work of us. >> reporter: even though the government statistics show a decrease in crime in southern