Hunting Tips
How to Find Public Hunting Land: Complete Guide
By John Gay, Teri Williams
on August 3, 2026
Public land hunting in the US is classified into five categories. They are federal lands (USFS, BLM, USACE — roughly 600 million acres), state Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), state forests and parks open to hunting, walk-in hunting programs (WIHA, PLOTS, IHAP), private landowners who receive payment for opening their land, and county/municipal open space.
