What issues are prohibiting or inhibiting your access to hunt Corp of Engineer managed properties near you?
Last year I posted asking questions about what exactly protected our public land hunting rights in Texas. That post and the discussions involved can be found here
But with that said, there are many different types of management going on in the state of Texas currently, those mostly being national forest service, Texas Parks and wildlife and Corp of Engineers. I’m sure there are others such as BLM.
Thankfully, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has a Texas chapter that has taken an active role in stepping up to help address some of these challenges. I can directly link my first Public land turkey this May to some of their efforts because without BHA, a spring turkey hunt never would’ve been allowed in one particular area.
I have had the chance to talk to a few people involved with BHA and one of the strategies they want to focus on (for the time being) is what exactly is inhibiting access to hunting on the Corp of Engineer properties you hunt.
So in the interest of this post, please keep this discussion centered on Corp of Engineer properties.
I know for example some of the ones I have mentioned are:
- Lake Lavon deer hunting/cancelling hog hunting during deer season
- limiting or closing off certain CoE areas to hunting (IE: hog only areas, areas near new development)
- Outdated practices for picking up permits in person or via mail rather than electronically when they have inconvenient weekly hours
Please post the issues facing your areas, ESPECIALLY if you feel that they have not been addressed. The main focus for BHA is access to hunting land, especially when you consider that lack of access is the number one reason for people not hunting or preventing new hunter recruitment.
Thank you for all your comments and questions!
Last year I posted asking questions about what exactly protected our public land hunting rights in Texas. That post and the discussions involved can be found here
But with that said, there are many different types of management going on in the state of Texas currently, those mostly being national forest service, Texas Parks and wildlife and Corp of Engineers. I’m sure there are others such as BLM.
Thankfully, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has a Texas chapter that has taken an active role in stepping up to help address some of these challenges. I can directly link my first Public land turkey this May to some of their efforts because without BHA, a spring turkey hunt never would’ve been allowed in one particular area.
I have had the chance to talk to a few people involved with BHA and one of the strategies they want to focus on (for the time being) is what exactly is inhibiting access to hunting on the Corp of Engineer properties you hunt.
So in the interest of this post, please keep this discussion centered on Corp of Engineer properties.
I know for example some of the ones I have mentioned are:
- Lake Lavon deer hunting/cancelling hog hunting during deer season
- limiting or closing off certain CoE areas to hunting (IE: hog only areas, areas near new development)
- Outdated practices for picking up permits in person or via mail rather than electronically when they have inconvenient weekly hours
Please post the issues facing your areas, ESPECIALLY if you feel that they have not been addressed. The main focus for BHA is access to hunting land, especially when you consider that lack of access is the number one reason for people not hunting or preventing new hunter recruitment.
Thank you for all your comments and questions!
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