Pot Farms in our mountains

Madrox · Post by **Madrox** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:31 pm

This was a poll. These haven't been imported. Sorry.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:35 pm

That's a sad reality of the local mountain ranges. Gotta be careful. I've run across a few places with hoses and all sorts of odd trash around.

Madrox · Post by **Madrox** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:37 pm

Do you remember where they were at?

Post by **Taco** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:51 pm

Several canyons around R39, round my neck of the woods.

Madrox · Post by **Madrox** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:02 pm

Yeah the 39 seems to be a favorite for the "farmers" It is a huge watershed and close to L.A.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:08 pm

there was a news story last year linked here that they uncovered a pot farm in Cow Canyon

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:52 am

Local authorities are not much interested in busting these until there is a big haul to boast about.

Smaller grows are not of much interest to them

you gotta be careful when venturing off trail (and on) where ever there is water.

This is especially true since 100,000 acres burned in the Station Fire and some of their favorite growing areas are off limits until the brush grows back.

The whole cow canyon area and it's tributraies are crawling with these sites

tpfishnfool · Post by **tpfishnfool** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:46 pm

Gotta roll Strapped in some areas. Better safe than sorry..

hikewithmike · Post by **hikewithmike** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:54 pm

We ran into some remnants deep along the East Fork. If it wasn't for the boulder with "no tresspassing" and a fifty lb bag of fertilizer, I wouldn't have thought anything of it. These scumbags like to trash the place as well... like someone else said, you just have to roll strapped sometimes.

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:39 am

I would think your chances of finding a pot farm depend on how much cross-country travel you do. Nobody will pick Icehouse Canyon as a grow site.

Madrox · Post by **Madrox** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:49 pm

I was up at the end of Haven Ave today checking out a waterfall in Bull Canyon.
Almost made it to the falls when we saw brand new black pipes put in with freshly stamped grass trails.
Right when we saw that we turned tail out of there.
I guess I will wait till winter to explore some canyons now

I will notify San Bernardino Sheriff tomorrow.

Further up from Bull Canyon in Deer Canyon we also heard a Black Bear warning us to his presence too. I never heard that sound before... spooky when it is foggy out....lol
It sounded like someone blowing air through a tube then some loud clicking.

rios · Post by **rios** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:49 pm

This is a thread I found on a firearms forum I frequent related to this topic.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/show ... p?t=365160

^This is a LONG pot farm story with lots of pictures.^

There is also a book written by a Game Warden on the topic (War in the Woods).

Post by **Taco** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:21 pm

NICE!