Effective October 10, 2026 · Dykes Ventures LLC
Hunting Public is an independent, privately developed app. It is built and operated by Dykes Ventures LLC. It is not produced, hosted, reviewed, endorsed, or affiliated with the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Census Bureau, National Weather Service, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, any other state wildlife agency, or any federal, state, tribal, or local government body. No government agency has reviewed or approved this app or its content.
Every map layer, boundary, and regulation shown in the app is public‑sector data, redistributed exactly as the issuing agency publishes it, from the sources listed below. We do not alter the underlying regulatory content. Boundaries, access rules, and hunting regulations change — always verify current rules with the agency linked below before you rely on anything shown here, and before you hunt.
| Layer | Government source |
|---|---|
| Public land boundaries (PAD‑US 4.1) | USGS — Protected Areas Database of the United States |
| Basemap imagery & topo | USGS — The National Map |
| Elevation / terrain | USGS 3DEP / SRTM, via AWS Terrain Tiles |
| Roads & trails | USDA Forest Service — Enterprise Data Warehouse |
| Recreation sites (campgrounds, trailheads) | USDA Forest Service — Recreation Opportunities |
| Survey grid (PLSS section lines & townships) | Bureau of Land Management — Cadastral NSDI |
| City limits, communities & parish/county boundaries | U.S. Census Bureau — TIGERweb |
| Address search | U.S. Census Bureau — Geocoding Services |
| Place‑name search | USGS — Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) |
| Weather & legal‑light forecast | National Weather Service — Weather API |
| Layer | Government source |
|---|---|
| Louisiana WMAs & season regulations | Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries — Seasons & Regulations (map geometry via LA DNR SONRIS GIS) |
| Louisiana wildlife refuges | LA DNR SONRIS GIS (boundaries derived from USGS GAP) |
| Arkansas wildlife management areas | Arkansas Game & Fish Commission |
| Montana Block Management Areas | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks |
| Arizona state trust land | Arizona State Land Department |
| Washington DNR trust land | Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources |
| National public hunt units | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — National Wildlife Refuge System |
Regulations and boundaries for a unit you tap open the agency's own rules page directly from the app's identify panel, wherever the agency publishes one.
| Layer | Source |
|---|---|
| Time zone boundaries (for the legal‑light clock) | timezone-boundary-builderMIT licence |
This is the one layer in the app that is not a U.S. government work. It is MIT-licensed (attribution only) and used because it is the only candidate source that gets Arizona's no‑DST rule and the Navajo Nation's DST exception correct — see the project README for the evaluation.
Federal government works listed above are in the public domain in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105) and carry no usage restriction. Some state-published layers are state public records without an explicit open-data licence; we display them as published by the agency and link directly to that agency for anyone who needs to verify terms for their own use.
Map layers in this app are extracts of the above government services, may lag the live agency data, and are not a substitute for checking with the agency directly. You are responsible for verifying current boundaries, access rules, and hunting regulations with the issuing agency before you hunt. See the Terms of Use for the full disclaimer.
If a link above is wrong, or you believe a layer misrepresents its source, email [email protected] and we will fix it.