>>1488908Ha ha ok friends. U don't say what part of AZ u are thinking of so i will address the area i live in now and hike and hunt in. Mainly pima county, down to sasabe and sonoita gate areas.
Its beautiful place, isolated, quiet for the most part, low population.
Summer main concern is water of course. Oodam Indians have many groups for thousands of years living in this area. Sand people, river people and this area desert people ] no rivers, no large water reservoirs, relies on rain and mountain seeps [no exactly springs, seeps what you would consider a one gallon every 2 hours garden hose leak.]
The key is CACHE your water. Wherever you camp. Gather water bottles and fill them whenever you can. Old time Indian used clay jars and sealed and buried them in secret defensible positions ahead of time along with separate jerked meat and corn meal stores. Used while traveling, hunting or exterminating enemies.
Stay cool, limit sun exposure as much as possible in highest heat 9am to 5 pm. Especially your head. Lots of wild food available all year if you study tribal ethnographic materials and are into plants.
Worst thing, mexicans (fyi, anything crossing illegally is considered mexican, and worse than a crack addict. Avoid at all times, you might see one but won't see the other ten hiding and deciding whether to kill you and bury in sand or rob, rape and then kill you (or your girl or kids)). They are not human and don't consider you human either, just a minor obstacle with no witnesses to worry about)
Get a knife, or a pistol; patrol your campspot, move if you see tracks lurking around casing your strength, read as many articles about crime in your area (illegal, drug smuggling, homeless murders, kidnapping, rapes, thefts etc.) Lots of well meaning, non-drug using, law-abiding folk go missing every year out here.
Still its like no other
