More Places To Hunt

More Places to Hunt is an NWTF initiative designed to help provide more hunting land on both public and private property. The NWTF already has spent more than $9.4 million and obtained more than 413,000 acres for hunting since 1987. This program will build upon our chapters' successes and allow the NWTF to better cooperate with partners to accomplish even more.

Widespread urban sprawl, changes in land ownership and tightened state agency and federal budgets have left hunters with far less access to quality hunting areas. Studies by the National Shooting Sports Foundation indicate that one of the top reasons hunters give up the sport is that they can't find places to hunt. As hunter numbers decline, state agencies lose revenue used to support wildlife habitat.

To reverse this trend, the NWTF will ramp up efforts through land purchases, conservation easements, agency hunter access programs, legislative action and working with partners. At the core of this access program will be NWTF's state and local chapter volunteers.

NWTF chapters have already experienced tremendous success in improving hunter access in a variety of ways, including recent land acquisitions, funding conservation easements and walk-in hunting area programs, holding landowner appreciation days and having an active involvement in legislative issues that provide public access.

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More Places to Hunt Stories

Public Land Access Improved Thanks to Iowa NWTF
Tennessee Adds More Places To Hunt
Survey Says: American Hunters Are Losing Places to Hunt
NWTF's Wyoming State Chapter Donates $10,000 to Access Yes Program
NWTF Providing More Places to Hunt in Alabama
NWTF Providing New Hunting Opportunities in Iowa
NWTF Improves Hunter Access In Virginia
Increased Hunting Opportunities in Pennsylvania
North American Wild Turkey Plan and More Places to Hunt Program
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Bill Protecting Landowners
NWTF Making More Places to Hunt in West Virginia
After the Hunt, Take Time to Thank the Landowner
North Dakota Governor Creating Hunting Opportunities
NWTF Contributes to Kansas Hunter Access Program
NWTF Helps Provide New Hunting Opportunities in Iowa
NWTF Dollars Provide More Hunting Opportunities
Buckeye State Land Purchase
NWTF Helps Purchase Public Hunting Land
Sportsmen Join Forces to Conserve TVA Lands
Land Purchase Provides More Hunting Opportunities in Wisconsin
NWTF Partnership Opens Private Lands for Youth Hunters
Access Key to Future of Hunting
More Hunting Access for North Carolina Hunters
Pennsylvania Conservationists Hit Milestone
Land Donation Made to PGC in Memoriam
Geauga Park District Offers First Ever Hunt
NWTF Partners to Improve Hunter Access in Kansas

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More Places to Hunt Print PSA

The More Places to Hunt Public Service Announcement (PSA) is a great way to promote the NWTF's More Places to Hunt program. Use it in your local magazines and newspapers or on billboards in your area. A thumbnail image of the PSA is below. If you would like a hi-resolution version, please call the NWTF at 1-800-THE-NWTF.