{"id":247244,"date":"2026-06-01T13:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=247244"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:56:08","slug":"hunt365-public-land-hunting-access-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-public-land-hunting-access-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Next Hunting Spot Might Be Public Land You Didn\u2019t Know Existed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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For years, hunters have heard the same complaint: there\u2019s never enough access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too many gates. Too many restrictions. And, too many maps that make about as much sense as a treasure hunt drawn by a raccoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That may finally be changing. The Trump administration and the Department of the Interior are making a major push to expand access to public lands, open new hunting opportunities, and make it easier for hunters to find places<\/a> to go afield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you\u2019ve been looking for a reason to plan that duck hunt<\/a>, deer trip, or Western adventure, this might be it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just this spring, the Department of the Interior announced<\/a> plans to acquire more than 5,000 acres of new habitat near national wildlife refuges in Texas, Virginia, and Illinois. The land purchases are part of a broader conservation effort funded through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act that will conserve, restore, or enhance more than 185,000 acres of habitat across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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