They call themselves "hunters who care."

Their goal is to rid the desert of the trash left behind by illegal immigrants.

Saturday, they fanned out across  the Amado area to make a difference.

"It was like a big surprise. I thought it would be clean and no trash. Just of bunch of trees and stuff," said Matt Aragon. 

Matt spots more than just wildlife when he goes hunting.

"...a bunch of trash and it's causing damage to the environment."

Most of the garbage was left behind by illegal immigrants.

It's a sight Mother Nature wouldn't be proud of. That's why Matt and other hunters are bagging up the mess.

"You come outside to be outside and enjoy the beauty of the outdoors and it's hard to do that when you come out, as there's trash all over the place."

Backpacks, water bottles, clothing.... Volunteers have their work cut out for them. They're picking up bags of trash.

"We'll find thousands of backpacks, thousands of water bottles, toothpaste, toothbrushes, clothes, along the trip."

In just a few hours, piles of garbage bags filled a dumpster.

"It feels really good. That way, there's not a lot of trash everywhere and it's nice and clean."

"We can probably never get it all cleaned up, but we want to try."   & nbsp; 

 A good effort in a never-ending challenge to keep our desert clean.

KVOA Tuscon