Entries Tagged Public Land

Whitetail success on public land often begins with learning how to quickly and quietly hang a portable treestand.

You can adapt and overcome hunting pressure on public land to become a more successful big game hunter.

If you want to tackle the challenge of a wilderness hunt, start by learning these backpacking basics.

Elk don’t always inhabit easy-to-get-to public land locales, and getting to these wilderness areas sometimes leaves a few — honorably worn — battle scars.

Did you know you can hunt whitetails on topnotch private land without knocking on doors? In many states, these “walk-in areas” are lightly hunted and often loaded with deer.

If you bowhunt whitetails on public land and have the choice to carry a crossbow or vertical bow, here are three reasons why going horizontal makes the most sense.

If an elk tag is something you desire, here are a few thoughts to help add one to your pocket.

Planning a bowhunting trip out West for speed goats? A great idea, so long as you have an effective water plan.

Want a secret tip to find and kill more predators? You don't have to have large tracts to call coyotes, bobcats or foxes within range. Find out what to do.

Whether you’re hunting predators in the vastness of Western Bureau of Land Management acres or hunting a Pennsylvania state forest you can assure yourself of higher success by rating your public land.

Think you have no chance to kill a huge buck on heavily hunted public ground? Think again.

Few things are more frustrating than having a scouting cam taken by a thief. Here are three tips for preventing camera theft on public land.

Have you ever fantasized about going off the grid and doing nothing but hunting, fishing and traveling? One young man is living your dream.