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Deer Hunters Warned About Pot Growers
Friends of Ours ^ | 09/26/10 | Friends of Ours

Posted on 09/26/2010 8:35:34 AM PDT by AtlasStalled

Law enforcement officials have warned Oregon hunters to be on the lookout for armed Mexican drug cartel members in the forest who are guarding their marijuana grow operations as reported by Mark Freeman for the Mail Tribune. The deer hunting and pot harvesting seasons coincide. "We have serious problem out there" said Jackson County, OR Sheriff Mike Winters as reported by KTVL.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; armedanddangerous; immigration; mexicancartels
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1 posted on 09/26/2010 8:35:34 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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Allow for the taking of foreign armed drug cartel agents per season along with a nice bounty and this problem would go away.


2 posted on 09/26/2010 8:37:38 AM PDT by Klemper
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Maybe they’ll need to go hunting with semi-automatics after all.


3 posted on 09/26/2010 8:37:38 AM PDT by dr_who
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Steven Colbert should join the pot growers for a day so he can testify to Congress about their working conditions. I’m sure it’s just as dreary as the migrant farm worker gig, but with the possibility of getting shot.


4 posted on 09/26/2010 8:38:25 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Worst. Post-Racial President. EVER.)
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LOL!


5 posted on 09/26/2010 8:38:33 AM PDT by dr_who
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Well, I think for everyone’s safety they should just post signs warning deer hunters not to hunt there. Hey, it worked down at the Arizona border, right? /s


6 posted on 09/26/2010 8:38:40 AM PDT by Siouxz
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Now, maybe the left can understand why hunters do need AK-47’s. One group hunts for dinner and the other group hunts for dopes.


7 posted on 09/26/2010 8:41:30 AM PDT by mazda77 (Rubio - US Senate, West FL22nd, Scott/Carroll - FL Gov/LtGov, Miller-AK US Senate)
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$1000 for each drug grower killed.


8 posted on 09/26/2010 8:42:00 AM PDT by lurk
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Do you need a license and tags for vermin in Oregon? Oregon is pretty liberal. Here in Idaho we don’t need a tag or have a limit on this type of vermin.


9 posted on 09/26/2010 8:42:58 AM PDT by born2bfree
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He couldn’t tote his box of Depends that far into the woods.


10 posted on 09/26/2010 8:46:11 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: AtlasStalled

My high powered rifle would level the playing field.


11 posted on 09/26/2010 8:48:40 AM PDT by svxdave (Life is too short to wear a fake Rolex.)
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I wonder if deer browse on marijuana?


12 posted on 09/26/2010 8:50:12 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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What huntin’ folks in Iowa need to be alert for is meth lab left-overs improperly disposed of, or clandestine labs themselves. Nasty crap to deal with.


13 posted on 09/26/2010 8:51:20 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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+$500 per page of their criminal record. “Look, I got a 5-pager!”


14 posted on 09/26/2010 8:52:38 AM PDT by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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Idaho sounds like a great place to live. How have you weathered immigration?


15 posted on 09/26/2010 9:02:39 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: AtlasStalled

I’ve heard from a law enforcement person here in Arizona, that this is true of the White Mountains. It’s scary that a family out camping or hunting could wind up dead just because they stumbled into the wrong place at the wrong time.


16 posted on 09/26/2010 9:02:49 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (TheSurvivalMom.com)
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17 posted on 09/26/2010 9:02:58 AM PDT by Slyfox
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Growers are known to leave booby-traps on trails near their crop. Deputies were investigating one grow they found and there was a thin fishing line across a path. They looked at where it was coming from and there in a PVC tube was a grenade with the pin out. Trip on the line, it pulls the grenade out of the tube... and BOOM.

There are also rumors on hunting forums that in some counties deputies are on the take from the growers. The growers can set traps with impunity.

It’s a serious problem.


18 posted on 09/26/2010 9:04:44 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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"...which law enforcement officials say has become a growing area for Mexican drug cartels. Hunters who stumble upon features such as irrigation pipes, manually widened game trails, garbage piles or even the smell of cooking tortillas should steer clear and avoid confrontations that could prove dangerous."
19 posted on 09/26/2010 9:07:19 AM PDT by Baynative ( 11 / 2 / 2010 !!!)
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Similarly, Pot Growers warned about “Hunters”.

Some of these guys are NOT hunting for deer, but “hunting” for pot patches to steal.

Regular occurrence in Nor Cal. Around this time people come wandering onto your property with guns saying they are “hunting”. Hunting for irrigation lines mostly!

20 posted on 09/26/2010 9:10:21 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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