US/ MEXICO BORDER

[KGAINES]

THIS IS FOR ANYONE THAT IS HUNTING 35A AND THE UNITS THAT BORDER MEXICO, I AM NOT FROM SOUTHERN, AZ SO THIS MIGHT BE COMMON KNOWLEDGE. WHILE SCOUTING WE HAD SEEN SOME DEER IN THE FLATS AND CANYONS SOUTH OF PARKER CANYON LAKE, SATURDAY WE DECIDED TO TRY AN AREA FURTHER SOUTH, WE TOOK A FORESTRY ROAD SOUTH OF LONE MOUNTAIN RANCH, WE CAME TO A CATTLE GUARD, NO GATE, WE GO THROUGH AND PROCEED TOWARD A CANYON, WE SEEN A SIGN WRITTEN IN SPANISH, WE TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK, ON OUR WAY BACK WE PASS 5 MEXICAN GUYS WALKING WITH LARGE BACKPACKS, WE GO BACK THROUGH THE FENCE, WE SEE A BORDER PATROL OFFICER AND INFORM HIM OF THE 5 GUYS WE SEEN, WE THEN ASK WHERE THE BORDER IS, HE TELLS US THAT A FENCE RUNNING EAST AND WEST WITH SEVEN STRANDS OD WIRE IS THE BORDER, THERE WERE NO SIGNS, WE TALKED TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE AREA AND HE SAID TO BE WARY OF ANY FENCES RUNNING EAST AND WEST THAT CLOSE TO THE BORDER THAT SOME MAY NOT EVEN HAVE SEVEN STRANDS, ON MONDAY WE GLASSED A MEXICAN (AGENT) IN A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE AT THAT CATTLE GUARD, WE WERE TWO TO THREE MILES ACROSS WHEN WE TURNED AROUND, WE HAD OUR RIFLES IN THE TRUCK. WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO NOT GET CAUGHT IN MEXICO, HUNTING THAT UNIT WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. I HOPE THAT THIS HELPS SOME OF YOU GUYS & GALS HUNTING DOWN SOUTH

[Arizona Griz]

Thanks for the info, this would be a prime case where a GPS would be useful.

Arizona Griz.

[KGAINES]

I DID HAVE A GPS, I NEVER CHECKED THE COORDINATES FOR THE BORDER. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE DID, I HAVE SEEN UNIT BOUNDARIES 35A, 35B, ETC., BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SIGN ON A FENCE. THE ILLEGALS CROSSING DON'T CARE, BUT I SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN I AM GOING INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY. I AM JUST GLAD I AM NOT IN A MEXICAN PRISON, WE HAD RIFLES, BULLETS, AND I SUPPOSE WE WERE TRESPASSING ON SOMEONES PROPERTY.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND BE SAFE

[Guest Ernesto C]

Hi keith thank God nothing bad happen to you,those 5 guys with big back packs probably they were not illegals they are called "burreros or burros" because inside those back packs they carry drugs.I also see some illegals but they were carriying gallons with water,thanks for sharing that info from 35A.God bless you.

 

Ernesto C.

[KGAINES]

ERNESTO,

WE TALKED WITH FOUR OR FIVE BORDER PATROL/ LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THE FUNNY THING IS THEY WOULD ASK HOW BIG THE BACKPACKS WERE WITH THEIR FIRST QUESTION, EVERY ONE OF THEM DID, THE FIRST TWO WE TOLD WHICH WAS ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES AFTER WE CROSSED, AND WE GAVE THEM AN ALMOST EXACT LOCATION, THEY WENT THE OTHER WAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY THEY CALLED ON THE RADIO OR WHAT. I HAVE LIVED IN ARIZONA MY ENTIRE LIFE AND THAT WAS MY FIRST TRIP TO MEXICO.