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My patch may have been compromised... looking for some advice here
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Stinkymutt
Active member
Well your in a predicament ! Dress in camo and for god sakes wear a face mask and cut them babies quick ! Thats one option , the other is enjoy your freedom and cut your losses ? Cameras are easy to hide so be very careful if you decide to take them a lil early , I know from experience . If it were me in this state Id chop em BUT thats me .
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johndoe123
I hate to say it but if you have to ask.... Follow your gut...... If there is decent weather maybe leave them for the next week and then go chop them all at once... Middle of the night type shit....
Photosynthesis
Member
Camo, Face mask, night time, harvest, Run like fuck! 
Setup surveillance on them, steak out the steak out you
Know assess the situation and adapt and overcome.
Stay low and look shifty
Know assess the situation and adapt and overcome.
Stay low and look shifty
sith44
Member
The night time harvest suggestions mentioned above would be key for me. Wear camo, and clothes that you can throw away later. Take 50 gal plastic garbage cans, cut your branches off and stuff them in the garbage can length-wise, but side down so thwey are protected, this way you can remove the weed on foot and bulk at night with minimal damage to the buds. But to reiterate once again what was said above, I aint doing squat unless its in the night time.
Scrappy-doo
Well-known member
Damn sorry to read about this. Personally I'd grab'em. If they have cameras you gotta assume they may be the ones that send them a message when it catches someone.
I'd plan to chop and stash them somewhere in a plastic garbage bag to pick up later, wearing concealing clothes that you can ditch also and another layer underneath for when you leave in case they are waiting at the exit. If they're not there it's a pretty good sign.
If you could create an additional exit point that would be ideal.
I'd plan to chop and stash them somewhere in a plastic garbage bag to pick up later, wearing concealing clothes that you can ditch also and another layer underneath for when you leave in case they are waiting at the exit. If they're not there it's a pretty good sign.
If you could create an additional exit point that would be ideal.
Weird that there was 2 of them at each entrance... I used to have a spot trackside years back and had the same issue. Some random dude with a laptop sitting on the road near the tracks. I think he was affiliated with the railroad though. Nothing ever came of it.. But like others said you might want to stick with your gut...
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sourpuss
Remember they aint got shit if you aint chopped em... even if you got tools on you... deny everything.... that said.... go there... trigger whatever has a trigger if there is one... wear a mask type hat thingy... trigger and observe.... nothing happens all day your good. Maybe set up your own cameras... easier than sticking around.
There was only 1 at each entrance... there was a crew out there working but at the opposite end there wasn't, all I saw was a Verizon van fixing cable or something nearby to the Chevy that looked suspicious. He was parked away from him too, not affiliated with the cable truck.
The same car on the other side of the tracks near that entrance was parked on the side of the road, and usually the rail workers will drive into the tracks and park 200 ft down along the sides of them in a big opening. This guy didn't really look like he was with the rail men either. That's when I kept driving and just went home
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sourpuss
If they were cops they would have chopped em no? I never hear of cops just leaving plants... although u never know..... 14 plants... I think they woulda chopped em if they found em...
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you in a med state...i really don't think they were there for your 14 plant grow..how far are the entrances from the spot...could it have been the Railroad peeps...seems to me undercover cars wouldn't be so recognizable...dono follow your gut...is the yield worth the alternative problem...good luck..DJXX
I had a similar situation back in 2012. I was growing a secluded spot in the woods behind my house. I had neighbors all around me but the land directly behind us was owned by farmers on the other side of the hill.. I was able to sneak in an out, get to my spot unseen, with nothing linking me to the plot. Right around harvest time, choppers are flying everywhere nearby.. No biggie. Cpl days later Im sitting in the house on the PC, and I hear a fucking chopper, sounds like its landed in my yard, walls are thumping and shaking.. I step out on the porch and its buzzing like 10 feet above my neighbors house.. I can only imagine how much shit is being knocked off their walls bc my house is shaking, and theyre 100 yards away.. After watching them It looks like theyre purposely buzzing the top of this house to let them know they found plants nearby and possibly indicating they think its theirs, or whatever.. (this is what im thinking)..
I step back in freaking out.. I wait it out a few days without going back to the plot, assuming the worst already. Im out in the veggie garden working when I see a plane ahead flying low and slow, with "CAP" printed on the wings. They fly directly over one of my plots in the back woods. I dont even know what CAP is at the time but after doing a quick google, I find out its Civilian Air Patrol, and part of their duty is assisting in the marijuana eradication efforts, by flying at low altitudes, and taking aerial photos to later be assessed by DEA, etc..
Im really freaked out at this point and I wait several weeks to go back to the plants. I assume theyre either removed, or the gardens are now under surveillance and they're waiting for some dumb prick to come back and tend or harvest them. When I did finally sneak back, I walked the perimeter looking innocent, never entering the actual gardens.. A cpl days later I peak in looking for tracks, and to my surprise all of the plants are there.
I made sure to cover my face when I did enter, and I searched high and low for any signs of cameras, or observers. I remember my heart just fucking beating out of my chest, waiting for a bunch of armed guys to leap out on me.
This never did happen thank god, and I never did find any cameras.. I remember a deer jumping up and taking off which made me about shit on myself.. But the area was never compromised, somehow, and I was able to pull off one of the biggest harvests in my life. I was actually in the process of moving, and moved to a difference house miles away in the middle of harvest season. I couldnt harvest it all in one day by myself, so I basically went in with about a dozen trash bags everytime and a few military duffels. I labeled each bag as I thru the tops in rolled them up and tossed into my camo bags.. It took me 5 or 6 trips to harvest the entire thing, but i made it out with every single plant, with no issue..
This could have easily gone the other way man, and if I hadnt had so many plants so close to harvest I would have wrote them off bc I was 99% sure if that chopper pilot hadnt seen them, the CAP plane that flew directly over them surely did. I took a chance, and I won. But I would def say trust your gut, and think everything thru before u actually go in to tend or harvest the plants. Ive heard from others and actually seen footage online of cameras they leave in a cannabis plot, and they can range from a box shaped camera the size of a shoe box hidden under some dead grass to a tiny camera hidden in the knot of a tree.. If you feel that gut feeling, and u still decide to go back to harvest, I would go in with your face covered, plate covered atleast until your out of the area, and make sure youve scouted out the entire area to make sure noones waiting for you, and snag them all at once. I wouldnt even drive home with them at that point, get them in a bag, and stash them nearby.. wear gloves, and once theyre stashed get back in the car like you were bird watching or whatever u wanna tell them for a cover story incase you're stopped. Once you know the coasts clear, come back at night time and scoop them up..
Becareful man, and always trust your gut. Ive had to learn this the hard way myself, and would hate to see it happen to someone else.
I step back in freaking out.. I wait it out a few days without going back to the plot, assuming the worst already. Im out in the veggie garden working when I see a plane ahead flying low and slow, with "CAP" printed on the wings. They fly directly over one of my plots in the back woods. I dont even know what CAP is at the time but after doing a quick google, I find out its Civilian Air Patrol, and part of their duty is assisting in the marijuana eradication efforts, by flying at low altitudes, and taking aerial photos to later be assessed by DEA, etc..
Im really freaked out at this point and I wait several weeks to go back to the plants. I assume theyre either removed, or the gardens are now under surveillance and they're waiting for some dumb prick to come back and tend or harvest them. When I did finally sneak back, I walked the perimeter looking innocent, never entering the actual gardens.. A cpl days later I peak in looking for tracks, and to my surprise all of the plants are there.
I made sure to cover my face when I did enter, and I searched high and low for any signs of cameras, or observers. I remember my heart just fucking beating out of my chest, waiting for a bunch of armed guys to leap out on me.
This never did happen thank god, and I never did find any cameras.. I remember a deer jumping up and taking off which made me about shit on myself.. But the area was never compromised, somehow, and I was able to pull off one of the biggest harvests in my life. I was actually in the process of moving, and moved to a difference house miles away in the middle of harvest season. I couldnt harvest it all in one day by myself, so I basically went in with about a dozen trash bags everytime and a few military duffels. I labeled each bag as I thru the tops in rolled them up and tossed into my camo bags.. It took me 5 or 6 trips to harvest the entire thing, but i made it out with every single plant, with no issue..
This could have easily gone the other way man, and if I hadnt had so many plants so close to harvest I would have wrote them off bc I was 99% sure if that chopper pilot hadnt seen them, the CAP plane that flew directly over them surely did. I took a chance, and I won. But I would def say trust your gut, and think everything thru before u actually go in to tend or harvest the plants. Ive heard from others and actually seen footage online of cameras they leave in a cannabis plot, and they can range from a box shaped camera the size of a shoe box hidden under some dead grass to a tiny camera hidden in the knot of a tree.. If you feel that gut feeling, and u still decide to go back to harvest, I would go in with your face covered, plate covered atleast until your out of the area, and make sure youve scouted out the entire area to make sure noones waiting for you, and snag them all at once. I wouldnt even drive home with them at that point, get them in a bag, and stash them nearby.. wear gloves, and once theyre stashed get back in the car like you were bird watching or whatever u wanna tell them for a cover story incase you're stopped. Once you know the coasts clear, come back at night time and scoop them up..
Becareful man, and always trust your gut. Ive had to learn this the hard way myself, and would hate to see it happen to someone else.
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weedlover_89
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When cops find a crop, its very likely that they put it under surveillance until the owner of it comes to tend the plants etc. This is when you get busted, like another one mentioned before. They survey the spot for some time and after some days (?), if no one shows up, they chop the plants. It has happened many times where i live.
You should just "take a walk around" and scan the place before you do anything. This should be done without having any incriminating stuff in your car or your home. So, get rid of everything that could link you to this grow, move it to another house or stash it outside your home.
If you are totally clean and get caught just hanging around, they can't prove shit. Not that they can if you just have growing stuff, but you know....Better not raise their suspicions... After scanning and checking that everything is ok (hopefully) get back at the right time with your equipment. Scan the place at daytime, check for anything suspicious calmly, without being paranoid and then come back at a time where unpleasant meetings with anyone passing by would be less.
You are the one to judge when to chop them if you get to this point. I don't know how the place is. If the plants are intact after a week, its a good sign that it was just a fucking coincidence. Scan for cameras, check everything, DO IT CALMLY. I have had some coincidences like that in the past and i was paranoid. Nothing happened.And smoking too much herb at that time did not help with my paranoia...
I would be concerned if something like that had happened to me...You did the right thing having multiple entrances to your grow. That helped you see more if something is suspicious. Good luck and my best wishes. If no one of those leos paid a dime because its just a plant, there would be no paranoia. Just gardening and love for nature and the plants.
You should just "take a walk around" and scan the place before you do anything. This should be done without having any incriminating stuff in your car or your home. So, get rid of everything that could link you to this grow, move it to another house or stash it outside your home.
If you are totally clean and get caught just hanging around, they can't prove shit. Not that they can if you just have growing stuff, but you know....Better not raise their suspicions... After scanning and checking that everything is ok (hopefully) get back at the right time with your equipment. Scan the place at daytime, check for anything suspicious calmly, without being paranoid and then come back at a time where unpleasant meetings with anyone passing by would be less.
You are the one to judge when to chop them if you get to this point. I don't know how the place is. If the plants are intact after a week, its a good sign that it was just a fucking coincidence. Scan for cameras, check everything, DO IT CALMLY. I have had some coincidences like that in the past and i was paranoid. Nothing happened.And smoking too much herb at that time did not help with my paranoia...
I would be concerned if something like that had happened to me...You did the right thing having multiple entrances to your grow. That helped you see more if something is suspicious. Good luck and my best wishes. If no one of those leos paid a dime because its just a plant, there would be no paranoia. Just gardening and love for nature and the plants.
