09/08/2026
I want to clear some things up because apparently I have upset some people. Yes, on my post I did mention that it could be a hunter that damaged the waters as I was very angry at the time. I had just found out about the damage and the only people we have ever seen out there are hunters or hikers and it’s pretty hot right now for hikers and hunting season just opened. And unfortunately there are bad ones out there. They have damaged waters before and we’ve had to get game and fish involved. I could list numerous incidents of damage caused by a hunter, but I’m not going to get into it right now.
Everyone needs to realize that society is not what it used to be. There are some excellent hunters that follow all the laws and are absolutely ethical, but please remember there are bad apples in every group you can find.
Years ago, hunters would report back about anything wrong and they would report unethical hunters. Now we don’t get any of that. We have a few good friends that hunt and they always keep an eye out, but it’s not like the old days where people used to stop in and let us know of problems. 
We work with a lot of organizations and hunters all the time with projects. Many hunters volunteer their time on our Ranch to help with anything that we need help with. 
Someone suggested that because of my post that hunters shouldn’t help us out anymore. I am sorry he feels that way and that he took my post as a personal attack, but it definitely was not.
I also don’t know if the majority of people who are commenting, know this area very well. It’s a very remote area where you have to drive 12 miles down a really rough dirt road and then you have to hike in over half a mile. So I’m not really believing everyone’s theory that it is dr*g addicted people that are going back there. This area borders on the Superstition wilderness so the majority of people who are out there are hikers and hunters. Honestly, it would be 100% hunters and hikers since you can’t drive to this windmill and you can’t see it from the road at all. We have had a few angry people at us because they cannot drive down there. That has been an issue for many years because they have gotten angry with us in person for having to hike down there.
This set up here cost thousands of dollars and it’s gonna cost at least $2000 or more to get it back up and running again. And I can promise you that no one else is paying for that other than us straight out of our pocket.
In conclusion, none of us know who did it. It could’ve been a hunter, it could’ve been a hiker delirious from the heat maybe, and it could also be an environmentalist who is upset over cattle. It could have been anyone. But we need to remember we are not here to attack each other. This is something we all need to come together on because this benefits all of us. And the damage to it hurt all of us. So please don’t think we are anti-Hunter or bashing them. Don’t make that the only thing that you took away from what has happened here. Let’s work on bringing the old ways of hunting back and bringing ethics back into it. Remind people of what hunting truly is.
Let us all remember we are human and to be kind always ❤️
