I can't believe how many people are getting on websites and saying they got a tag for such and such a unit and are now asking is there any public land, can anyone tell them how to get the name of a ranch that will let them hunt, etc.!!! Most of the time it also seems like it's a newbie with just one or two posts on a site and many times they say they don't want to know your honeyhole, but just a good idea as where to start looking, LOL! It gets to the point where it's not surprising to read a response like John gave. Anyway, for the OP from WV, the unit you have a tag for is marked right on the G&F website as having difficult public access. I checked it out on my CD ROM and there is very little BLM, State, or National Grasslands in that unit that has a public road for legal access to any of it. You should pray that the WIHA map you say you have has places on it that renew their contract with the G&F because the website is down right now for updating to the 2012 list of active participants. Even if they are huntable it could be a zoo on them come opening day. Call the local G&F Office out there to see if they have a current list of ranches that allow hunting for an access fee, but it's getting rather late now when many book up almost a season a head of time. Unit 8 is one area up to the northeast that had an above average winter kill the winter before last, but not as bad as further to the nw of there a little ways. Surprisingly, the unit went up from 350 Type 1 tags in 2011 to 450 for the 2012 hunt, so it sounds like there is still a good crop of animals there if you can find a legal place to hunt them. In fact, in looking at the leftover list on the G&F website, there are still 161 tags Type 1 tags that will go on sale on 7/10 because of poor access to public lands. Good luck!
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