Good Article

[msgbarney]

Found this to be a pretty interesting article, for Hunting SE AZ.

 

http://www.rmgameandfish.com/hunting/white...5_01/index.html

[dave]

Way too much information in the article.

 

Obviously the first picture was taken by someone who has no clue how to work a camera.

 

Seriously I think it is important for all of us hunters not to quit hunting these areas out of fear. I think one of the best things that could happen is that hunters go hunt down there as we have for many years.

[curmudgen]

Last year, I got a 95 incher in the Huachucas using a wetback trail to access my hunting spot, (that, and the fact that some of the deer get used to seeing people are the only positive effects of the illegal traffic) but the article makes some good points and the "red zone" units are way down the list on my hunt applications. This year I got a smaller buck in unit 32 and enjoyed it much more than my "day hike hunting" the previous two years in 35a. While hunting in 35a I have run into drug runners with bales of MJ on their backs, a lookout occupying a spot I wanted for glassing, trash everywhere, immigrant trails through all the places I might have wanted to camp, etc. It's made the hunting experience less enjoyable, especially for hunters like me who don't usually camp with a large group, which provides some sense of security. It's affected my political views and who I'll vote for in both local and federal elections. It's a mess and it's affecting some of the best WT habitat in the state. Jack

[msgbarney]

Last year, I got a 95 incher in the Huachucas using a wetback trail to access my hunting spot, (that, and the fact that some of the deer get used to seeing people are the only positive effects of the illegal traffic) but the article makes some good points and the "red zone" units are way down the list on my hunt applications. This year I got a smaller buck in unit 32 and enjoyed it much more than my "day hike hunting" the previous two years in 35a. While hunting in 35a I have run into drug runners with bales of MJ on their backs, a lookout occupying a spot I wanted for glassing, trash everywhere, immigrant trails through all the places I might have wanted to camp, etc. It's made the hunting experience less enjoyable, especially for hunters like me who don't usually camp with a large group, which provides some sense of security. It's affected my political views and who I'll vote for in both local and federal elections. It's a mess and it's affecting some of the best WT habitat in the state. Jack

 

Jack,

Thanks, now we both know what it is like. I hunted 35A this year(Close to home, and just got here and thats all Ive scouted). Youre exactly right it is affecting some good hunting.