[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

There are many articles of police responding to a owners report of a stolen vehicle of any type that was located with an airtag. Also reports of dummy owners getting severely beaten trying to retrieve their car/bike or whatever by themselves.

Just a few examples a simple Google would find:

AirTag used by Boston police to recover stolen bike | AppleInsider

Man uses Apple AirTag to guide police to his stolen vehicle

AirTag used by police to track down serial thief in North Carolina - 9to5Mac

and this for the dummy DIY'er:

NYC man learns the hard way to not track down thieves with an AirTag

Robbery victim tracks thief with AirTag, gets broken nose | AppleInsider

Not a real smart idea. But if you feel compelled, remember, never bring a knife to a gun fight.