The stuff you see when walking around ?

[longbowray]

Chris and I took his friend with for a late pig/deer hunt this after noon and found these tracks ! What is it ?

[J. Holden]

Looks to me like a left over from some sort of wagon trail maybe?

-Jeremy  

[longbowray]

That's it's ,  the frist one and you got it right !!!

looks more like a jeep trail,... doesent look like any horses have been down the middle of it....? ? is it coming out of a creek or something.?

[Stickbow]

WOW! that is cool!

[longbowray]

It the wagon trians trials . You can walk it for miles , and find barrel rings the trash they left behind . Will have to go back and take more pic .
But the cool thing is that I'm a lineman for the power co in Mesa and found these doing line work in the hills about 20 yrs ago . And you have to walk to see them so not alot of people out there ?

 KOOL! theres some history there then.

[RecurveRookie]

That's interesting, I've never seen a wagon trail before.  I would have thought they had all washed away or were just gone by now, thanks!

[Altiman94]

Just think of how hard the travels were for those first settlers.  That's why us traditional bow hunters need to continue the legacy of the 'harder way'.

[Brianlocal3]

Very cool and thank you for that pic. I can picture the wagon train forming a circle preparing for a nights stay already. The men with their guns setting up a perimeter and the children playing in the center, un-aware of the immenint dangers the desert night provides. All the women cooking salted and dried meats with, wheat slop boiling.  Oh so cool.

[lpcjon2]

Aliens thats the indentation from the landing gear on the mother ship. Be very careful you wouldnt want to get probed.

[Rufus]

Cool find. I like to walk and just go snooping, especially when carrying my bow and a few stumping arrows. Amazing what's out there.
 

[centaur]

Longbowray, is that Picketpost in the background?

[kibok&ko]

[longbowray]

Yes thats it !

[longbowray]

Let's see some other pics ?

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

No pictures but the property I hunt has a hi-way marker saying it is the old Oregon trail.

Always thought it added a bit of mo-jo to the hunt

[TonyW]

Aha!


"Between Picketpost Mountain and the town of Superior, along the south side of route 60, are the remains of Pinal City, the mill town for the Silver King Mine.  Pinal City was sited near Picketpost Mountain on the banks of Queen Creek, a permanent source of water.  The wagons that carried ore from the Silver King Mine carved deep tracks into the soft, easily eroded tuff."

 http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r3/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=stelprdb5194560

[longbowray]

That one of the set of tracks , the other is the old stage coach runs from the perison .

[Iron Man2]

Besides other animals/game, I have found remnants from prior homesteaders, whiskey stills, and potting soil surrounded by chicken wire in the middle of a forest.

JL