PINPOINTING PUBLIC

CAREFUL RESEARCH CAN LEAD YOU TO YOUR OWN “PRIVATE” HUNTING SPOT ON PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LAND.

By Scott Linden

You got a one-week pass from the spouse. Vacation days have accrued. Time to go there. But where is “there?” Whether its Montana pheasants or New England whitetails, a nine-day bucket-list journey or half a weekend, your success on publicly accessible land depends in large part on starting in the right place. Rather than wandering perplexed and wasting time, have a plan to map out your quest. More public land is present in some states than others, but you’ll likely have lots of options. Public land is just that: the Bureau of Land Management or Forest Service, a state or county agency, or other government entity manages it on our behalf. It is, literally, ours. This includes many wildlife refuges, wildlife production areas and wildlife management areas where we’ve got an open…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2024

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