Eddie

I thought it already was broken up into different hunts and subunitswith an October hunt, December hunt, then divided between 5bn, Grapevine, and Twin Arrows. I helped my nephew on a December 5bn hunt a few years ago and fortunately we did not have those problems. It's a pretty big area, and I think there were only something like 200 tags. Have the tag #s increased?, and have they returned it back to one hunt area?

Yup, in 36A too.

I'm very curious now to hear about these new homes. You can try hiking in from the bottom, just n/w of the junction of 125/126. I might be able to help with a few other spots if that doesn't work out. I can try this pm thing.

I may have my wires crossed here, but the area I'm talking about is about a mile northwest of Anderson Canyon, and a few miles west of fr126. The only road I am aware of that goes to the upper Anderson Canyon is on top of the mesa, and I have never seen any homes there, but then again I spent 99% of my time between the mesa and I-40. I probably haven't helped a lot, but I can say that I never found any locked gates out there, or any occupied dwellings other than the ranch out in the flats east of 126, or closer to Winona. There are a bunch of roads back there, and only one that I'm aware of that goes back on top aside from 125. I thought that road went up to Anderson spring. I have hiked it but never drove it. It's nearly impossible to drive on. No locked gates or dwellings there.

I am new to this site and I thought I would post on this topic. I am born and raised here in AZ and I have hunted 5BN quite a bit for about 20 yrs. If your buddy was in the area I am thinking of then yes there are some old homes (shacks) on private property back in that area. The one I am thinking of is a strip of private land running east-west below Anderson Mesa and it is probably a mile or so long and about 1/4 mile wide. The property is private, and there are some water tanks on it. I just went around it and up into the canyons along the side of Anderson Mesa. To the east of there and closer to Yellowjacket there is another old piece of property with some green shacks on it. I'm trying to draw a reference and see if we are talking about the same property. I have never seen them occupied over the years though. Neat area though. I've seen bear, elk, mule deer, (1 coues) along that same area. Lots of old Native American homesites along that part of the mesa also. Cheers, Eddie