Anyone live in an area where these damn helicopters are a threat?
I do - I'm near the Canadian border.

F.L.I.R. = Forward Looking Infrared Radar - and it keeps growers awake at night once harvest time comes cuz they're buzzing around everywhere

Every year there are a few busts around here by these pricks in the air.

My questions are:
- anyone know what they 'see' and don't see?
- is one healthy sized plant out in the open visible?
- are there any strategies for keeping the plants safe?
- know where I can buy a shoulder-fired rocket launcher? (kidding)

Thanks for any info

Yes FLIR Is forward looking infra red. It will only detect heat sources at night but if you are hanging around in a field at night, you will stand out and it will look suspect. Someone may come to see why there is someone hanging around in a field at night then you are busted! However it will not be able to detect the plants.

Soultion : Harvest in the day or get some heat shield clothes. If you are in the army this may be an option or you may be able to pick them up somewhere else.

I would try and camouflage the plant with some other plants that are around. Try and mix it in so its not in plane site.

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It's a bird it's a plane. O-SHIT it's the WEEDEATER buzzin over my crop........ If anything they are looking for field's full. Not 1 or 2 plants. Try to keep it from looking like the traditional x-mas tree. Top your plant's or tie them down.

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ya man definitely top them as much as you can, it'll yield more that way anyways so why the fuck not haha

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i heard that they cant be detected if near pine trees. could be bullshit not sure.

Thanks for the ideas.
No, they're not looking for just a couple. However; a guy at work got pinched for having 10 little ladies. He said the dang 'copter floated overhead and the next thing he knew, 4 or 5 cop & border patrol cars came, and his fun was OVER.

that sucks for him, that must have been the worst feeling to know he was fucked.

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yea the pine trees myth is more that they aren't goin to look in pine trees cuz it cant be seen as easily by the eye and you cant plant a lot in between them. the police look for it growing in grassy fields and large clearings first. where they can see the garden from the sky. They look for stuff out of the ordinary like paths, irrigation, and camps. Don't till up lots of dirt and let some weeds grow to blend in some. even in the fall when colors change you can pull some tall grasses and put it on your plants to camo them. also pull some weeds to cover the soil and mulch. the infra red is to look for people. Generally the copters are out during the day as binoculars and optics are their main tool.

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they can see EVERYTHING.
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