JAYgs8163 Report post Posted yesterday at 04:38 PM On 11/3/2025 at 7:07 AM, 4huntrs said: Has had walk in only as long as I’ve been going down there. Starting about 3 weeks ago the new owner doesn’t want anyone on Santa Margarita land. The road to Shaffer camp crosses two pieces of private land one for a hundred yards and one for 400 yds. I’m trying to find out if they closed the road at the 286. It’s not a new owner. It’s the same owner of the ranch for the last 30 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted 21 hours ago 9 hours ago, JAYgs8163 said: I spoke with the 36C Warden for the area yesterday and the lockdown for all of the Santa Margarita Ranch Properties is being strictly enforced. No Trespassing and No Hunting on all of their properties. Access into Thomas Canyon and Schafer Camp is only by foot now and you have to stay off the SMR to hike in. It’s about impossible to get back in there on a day hike, would require an aggressive hike way back Into either of those areas and making a spike camp. Unfortunately they have properties dotted all over the unit. Per the Game Warden “they have cell operated cameras” as well as security guards enforcing all of their No Hunting and No Trespassing. Per the Game Warden all of their signs and locking of the gates have all been done in accordance with the law and are 100% legally done. Security is calling the Sheriff and AZGFD on violators. This really sucks and I hope it gets resolved in the future but it seems like the owners of the ranch have really dug their feet in. This is gonna start becoming the new normal all across the state I bet. We all see it, people and hunters leaving trash and gates open it's only gonna get worse unfortunately. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
