The Ghost’s Favorite Ways to Site a Guerrilla Grow

My Two favorite Ways to Site a Cannabis Guerrilla Grow

If you’re walking a trail to get to your grow, you aren’t a Ghost—you’re leaving a trail. In fifty years of picking winning spots, I’ve learned that the best way to stay hidden is to go where no sane person wants to go.

My two favorite ways to site a guerrilla grow are the gold standard of Op-Sec. You aren’t just hiding a plant; you’re using the terrain as a physical “firewall.” Most people are naturally lazy—they won’t get their feet wet and they won’t bushwhack through “nasty” thickets.

By using water as your highway, you leave zero footprints.

Here are my two favorite ways to site a grow that practically guarantee you’ll never be followed. Both involve getting your feet wet, and both use the water to erase your “Ghost” trail.

1. The “Wading Highway”: Using Small Creeks…The Ghost

The best trail is one that washes away the second you step off it. I find a small creek—one too shallow for fishermen but deep enough to follow.

The Creek Protocol:

• The Gear: I don either chest waders, hip waders or just a pair of old tennis shoes I don’t mind getting wet.
• The Path: You simply wade up, or down the creek. Small creeks no one ever fishes work best. You just need running water throughout the year.
• The “Nasty” Exit: Look for a spot where the brush is thick, or on a log that crosses the creek, somewhere you can get out of the water and leave no sign of your exit. Once you are away from the creek in thick brush this becomes less important.

2. The Boat Method: The Ultimate Ghost Move…The Ghost

Hands down, the best way to reach a “15-foot giant” spot is by boat. This is how you access land that is literally unreachable by foot.

The Boat Protocol:

• Timing: You put in at the “butt-crack of dawn.” You want to be loaded, launched, and tucked away before the first recreational boater even hits the dock.
• The “Hiding” Spot: You find a place where you can beach the boat out of sight from the main channel. If another boater passes by, they shouldn’t even know your craft is there.
• The Hidden Spring: My favorite trick is finding a spot where a spring pops out a ways up from the main water….up the bank. This is important in areas where the lake or river levels fluctuate., as you can be above the high water mark. You have a built-in water source, and the chances of a hiker finding you are basically zero If that bank is far off the beaten path. Nobody in a boat puts in just to hike around on the bank much.

Op-Sec Tip: When using a boat, camouflage is everything. I had a green flat back canoe I could put a 5 horse motor on…the perfect boat.

Stay off the trails, get in the water, and you’ll be harvesting your crop while the “trail-walkers” spots are getting found.