Unit 33 - Disapointment

[scoutm]

I was out playing in unit 33 up in Reddington Pass this Sunday and I have to say after a ride on my quad and a few short hikes I fully expect access to get cut off before too long and I won't blame any of the land owners for doing it.

 

Nearly every camp site had trash left in them, I picked up eight differerent water bottles in areas that only hunters would be in, I picked up nearly an 18 pack of empty bud lite cans (could have been hunters or 4-wheelers) and I could have picked up 3 times that if I wanted my whole day to be spent as the trash collector.

 

If this wasn't enough there has to be at least 5 or 6 new areas idiots are using for shooting and of course they aren't picking up after themselves. In two of the new sites a hot water heater and a TV set were left - I know hunters didn't do that but you know who will get blamed for it. I had to have also seen nearly 3 hundred empy shotgun shells left for someone else to pick up in areas other than the areas people normally shoot in.

 

Then to put the cherry on top, we found a doe that was dead on the side of the road. We stopped to see if it had been hit by a car or not but couldn't tell for sure. I saw what appeared to be an entry hole in it's rear ham and the back side completely blown out so my money is on being shot. I called G&F but don't know if they got out to look at it or not. If you know anything about it please let G&F know.

 

Some how we need to find a way to get people to be responsible for their actions or we are all going to suffer.

[AZP&Y]

Scout'm

 

To make matters worse , someone is blazin away on water tanks in 32.

Senseless outdoor vandalism...

 

http://www.azgfd.gov/artman/publish/article_639.shtml

 

Your point is well taken, landowners will only clamp down MORE on access if this behavior continues...

 

AzP&Y

[Diamondbackaz]

Redington gets hammered by all kinds of people including tons of low lives, so you can't neccessarily blame it on hunters.

[scoutm]

Redington gets hammered by all kinds of people including tons of low lives, so you can't neccessarily blame it on hunters.

 

 

I don't...but others that don't like hunting will. It's not unreasonable to believe that the week after the october hunt the camp sites are a mess that hunters had something to do with it. It's also not unreasonable to believe when empty water bottles are left a choice glassing spots that hunters had something to do with it.

 

All the other issues I'm sure hunters weren't involved but we will take the blame none the less.

 

Because the do gooders take every opportunity to bash hunting we just need to make every effort not to help them.