Chapter HI - Block Management Then and Now 



Landowners Responses 

 Showed Some Land was 

 Opened to Public Hunting 



We sent surveys to 307 landowners enrolled in block management in 

 1998 to determine if their land was open prior to enrollment. 

 Eleven of the 175 respondents (6 percent) said their land was not 

 open to public hunting prior to enrollment. If they had not been 

 enrolled: 



► 6 said their land would be closed to public hunting. 



► 2 said they would lease or charge a fee. 



► 1 said he would allow the public to hunt but would try to limit 

 the number of hunters. 



- 1 said he would allow friends and relatives to hunt. 



► 1 said he would not allow any hunting. 



In 1998, these 11 landowners had 17,305 acres of private land and 

 3,400 acres of BLM acres in the program. 



One hundred forty landowners contacted the department about 

 enrolling in the program. Their names were placed on waiting lists. 

 We sent surveys to the landowners on the waiting lists. Four of the 

 50 respondents (8 percent) said their land was not open to hunting. 

 If enrolled they would have 14,072 private acres, 2,000 State Trust 

 Land acres, and 25,000 BLM acres to enroll. All of them stated 

 they will be closed to public hunting if not enrolled. 



We also examined the amount of land open to the general public and 

 open with limited hunting prior to enrollment. Limited hunting 

 includes only allowing friends and/or relatives to hunt, charging a 

 fee, or leasing to an outfitter or sportsperson/hunter group. The 

 following table shows the number of acres open to the public prior to 

 the landowner enrolling in block management and the number of 

 acres with limited hunting opened further with enrollment, based on 

 survey results. The information includes acres for landowners 

 enrolled in the program in 1998. 



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