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coyote2015
Guest
Gentlemen;
On a spur of the moment request from a relative.
I applied for a N/R muzzleloader deer permit in the Chalk Creek/East Canyon/Morgan-South Rich zone. The information I got was that there is alot of national forest land and we can hike and hunt over a good portion of the unit.
The more I look into this area it looks like a very big portion of the unit is private land with very little hunting opportunities.
I have never big game hunted in Utah or in the western states.
When I applied I had no illusions of shooting a big mule deer. All I wanted was to have a week of hiking around with a firearm in a nice looking western state. If I saw a mule deer fine if not thats perfectly fine also. More of a vacation than a hunting trip. Possibly several nights camping out after a few miles of hiking.
What I don't want to do is wander around and find out I have been trespassing!
All of my hunting has been in my resident state of Maine. Primarily whitetail deer and moose hunting. The northern half of the state of Maine is pretty much open to hunting anywhere you choose within reason.
I guess my question is, are the national forest lands open to hunting for a non resident like me? Would a gps landowner hunting map chip be worthwhile.I have a Garmin 62s.
Or would I be better off flyfishing the Weber river and just enjoying the scenery?
Thank you
On a spur of the moment request from a relative.
I applied for a N/R muzzleloader deer permit in the Chalk Creek/East Canyon/Morgan-South Rich zone. The information I got was that there is alot of national forest land and we can hike and hunt over a good portion of the unit.
The more I look into this area it looks like a very big portion of the unit is private land with very little hunting opportunities.
I have never big game hunted in Utah or in the western states.
When I applied I had no illusions of shooting a big mule deer. All I wanted was to have a week of hiking around with a firearm in a nice looking western state. If I saw a mule deer fine if not thats perfectly fine also. More of a vacation than a hunting trip. Possibly several nights camping out after a few miles of hiking.
What I don't want to do is wander around and find out I have been trespassing!
All of my hunting has been in my resident state of Maine. Primarily whitetail deer and moose hunting. The northern half of the state of Maine is pretty much open to hunting anywhere you choose within reason.
I guess my question is, are the national forest lands open to hunting for a non resident like me? Would a gps landowner hunting map chip be worthwhile.I have a Garmin 62s.
Or would I be better off flyfishing the Weber river and just enjoying the scenery?
Thank you