EISPIRATEN

I hear about it being grown in Bear canyon, East Fork of Santa Anita canyon, little bear canyon, etc. Where don't they grow pot up there? ...rhetorical question. How do we protect ourselves from potentially deadly assaults from growers?

I always carry my .45 pistol on me whenever I am out in the wilderness cause you never know what kind of four legged threats or two legged threats that one might encounter.

I run across farms on a regular basis. I've only come in contact with people on one occasion.

I can't say go armed because this is modern day America, and guns are scary and lawyers rule everything. Thus all I can say is your best policy is avoidance. If you cannot avoid a possible confrontation, just don't set yourself up to be a victim (unless that's your thing), and use caution.

That's not directed at anyone in particular at all.

Cheers

You directin that at me?!??!?!?!

Taco- more often than not, the farms are tucked away off the beaten path? Exception being the Bear Creek farm ranger claimed was 40 yards off the trail (he actually could smell pot from the trail is how he found it).

I'd say that's mostly true. If you're a canyoneer, you have a much higher chance of running into one than if you're just out hiking on a trail. The farms are in drainages. Water = farms.

Guns weigh too much.

simonov wrote: ↑Guns weigh too much.

Training is too hard, too.

Generally, if you wander off trail and suddenly see a bunch of trash and black irrigation tubing, quietly turn around and go back to the trail.

That's what I do, and I ain't dead yet.

The ubiquitous black tubing. Like CM said, if you see that, you know what's up.

Pacoima Canyon, 31 October 2010. Maybe burned or washed out as a result of the Station Fire.

Great footage, as always Ms. Magic. Though cost-prohibitive, perhaps a stealthy trailcam-trailcam. Followed by a SGMDF "Most Wanted" topic with pictures.