Ive ran into to different operations. One in payson canyon and one up santaquin canyon. The one in payson canyon I was grouse hunting when I stumbled on to it. the growers were there but luckly they were some kids I went to school with I told them the this canyon and the surrounding area was going to get really popular with grouse, elk and deer hunts going soon. the next week i was hunting grouse agian and just kind of pasted by and all the plants, pipes and hardware was gone.
The one in santaquin was a long long ways from any roads and seemed a little more professinal and scary. A friend and I were riding horse and we had been in the saddle most of the morning scouting for elk and deer. When suddenly we were just right up on it. there was a small little shanty half hut half lean-to with blue tarps and pvc pipes all over the place. my buddy had his lever gun and I had my 357 pistol but neither of us felt very good about it so we high tailed it back the way we came.
I would hate to run into one with people protecting it with automatic rifles. Not only are they going to shoot at you and spray a whole lot of lead but i think its a natural reaction when your in danger to shoot back. If you got out alive id love trying to explain a gunfight in the bottom of a canyon when theres a good chance they move there crops before the cops get there.
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