I live in north central AZ. Yes, we do have more than our share of poachers and habitat destroyers. There is common ground to safe predator hunting at night. AZ does not allow hunting from a motorized anything. If you are driving or parked and spotlighting, you're busted. Get off the road, over the highway fence, away from your quad. If you’re shooting down the road, you’re busted. Let’s strengthen that laws we have. It should read - if you’re driving and have a firearm or bow that is ready to fire, you’re busted. If you’re off road or driving on posted private land that you have NO written permission, you’re busted.
AZG&F could change the law to allow for spotlighting predators. The law could read - spotlighting in the field while in the active pursuit of predators. We have plenty of land, so we could increase the distance to an occupied dwelling to 2 miles at night without written permission. Sound travels better at night. I don’t want to be woken up by shooting at 2:00 am. If you're cow chirping, you're busted.
We already have morons that drive up from Phx, unload their quads at the highway, ride 5 miles down a dirt road, shoot everything in sight ¼ mile from my home, break beer bottles, and think they have had a wilderness experience. No offence to ethical hunters on this forum. I’m talking about morons who are unlicensed and think the earthen dam of a waterhole is their quad trail. We need some new laws.