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- Counties · Public land and accessIllinois public landPublic hunting land in Illinois, with a page for each tract.
- Counties · Public land and accessNovember Buck Ranges in Pennsylvania Average Almost 1,920 Acres; Public Hunting Units Across Four States Mostly Fall Below 640For collared bucks occupying broad stretches of forest, Penn State reports a September average of nearly 400 acres and a November average of nearly 1,920. Median public hunting units measure 83 to 168 acres across Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio.1,920acres, the average November buck range in Pennsylvania
- Counties · Public land and accessWalk-In Properties: Acreage, Hunting Rules, and Parking ChoicesAcross four state layers, walk-in properties have median sizes of 104 to 195 acres. Many restrict hunting to turkeys or small game. Among the three states with measurable parking distances, most mapped lots lie farther than 400 meters from the property.28.4%of Kansas walk-in tract records list exactly 160 acres
- Counties · Public land and accessState Walk-In Access or a Paid Lease? Where Owner Liability ChangesFederal grants fund some state walk-in programs, while hunters pay for private leases. Four state laws handle those payments differently; Kansas accounts for 94.6% of the walk-in acreage mapped across four states.$2,000recreational-use receipts that trigger Wisconsin's payment test
- Counties · Public land and accessDo Montana Elk Escape onto Private Land? The Answer Differs Between Two HerdsFor both herds, the fraction of archery-season fixes on closed land exceeded that land's fraction of the range. Still, public hunters could access the ground containing most fixes in three of four herd-seasons. The clearest differences between the two herds concern how much ground was closed and where it lay.32%of archery-season elk fixes were on closed land covering 3% of the range
- Counties · Public land and accessHow Crowded Is That Public Land? The Variable Nobody MapsMap apps mark public ground but seldom list annual hunter-trips. Of twelve states we track, we found site-level trip totals only in Illinois: use runs from packed lots to near solitude, and some of the quietest tracts still yield deer.13×gap in use per acre between the busiest and quietest Illinois public sites
- Counties · Public land and accessKansas Walk-In Hunting Land, 2026-27: 952,641 Acres, Densest in Wallace CountyKDWP's 2026-27 map lists 952,641 walk-in acres across 3,554 tracts, covering 98 of 105 counties. Wallace County leads by enrolled land share (7.53%); 22.3% of the acreage has a window beginning November 1.952,641walk-in acres in Kansas for 2026 to 27
- Counties · Public land and accessPublic vs. Private: Where Illinois Deer Are Actually KilledAcross the country, private land supplies 88% of harvested whitetails. Illinois's reporting public areas yield about 3% (2024: 5,248 deer out of 171,320), leaving about 97% elsewhere. Which tracts lead in deer killed per acre?3.1%of the 2024 Illinois harvest came from reporting public grounds
- Counties · Public land and accessNebraska: Buy the Corridor, Not the StateNebraska sells over-the-counter permits to non-residents, with deer quality centered along the state's river corridors. Whitetail harvest is falling, and mule deer are dropping faster than the state anticipated. Hunters still have open access as deer populations shrink.10,000cap on non-resident either-sex and buck-only permits
- Counties · Public land and accessPublic Ground, Real Numbers: Most Listed Properties Carry No Deer FigureHunters often think herd data for public land is absent. The layer lists 4,867 properties managed by states or federal agencies; only 874 (18%) have effort, harvest or herd data. Deer figures are mostly harvest counts; density is rarest.874of 4,867 named public properties carry a deer figure
- Counties · Public land and accessHow Many Acres Share Each Parking Lot on Illinois Public Turkey GroundWe assume hunters gather near parking. To find where parking is sparse, we used maps from IDNR and USFWS to tally symbols for four big Illinois public tracts, then ranked them by acreage for each symbol.56parking symbols on agency maps at Ten Mile Creek
- Counties · Public land and accessHow to Check a Landowner Name Before You KnockWhere parcel records originate, how an app's owner name can fall two years behind, and how to confirm recorded ownership through a county-roll check in five minutes before seeking permission.30 to 300 feethow far rural parcel lines can miss the true boundary
- Counties · Public land and accessReading Public-Land Pressure: Effort, Not DistanceHunter GPS tracks show less use on difficult ground, even when distance from the road is not the only factor. Find overlooked pockets at home before you drive out by studying places to enter, terrain steepness, and how water moves, collects, and affects the ground.20 minutesto build a public-land pressure map at home
- Counties · Public land and accessThe Permission Playbook: Asking Like the Hunters Who Get a YesBuilt from reports by high-performing hunters: parcel packets, letters, tracing LLC and trust owners, matching requests to crop timing, and guarding against lease fraud.30%reply rate one hunter reports from a mailed parcel packet