Hunting places near Joshua Tree,CA ?

[Rami939]

Is anybody familiar with the Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley /Twenty Nine Palms BLM hunting areas .
Is it a good hunting place ?
I'm like 60 miles away,and on vacation until January 4th,and trying to find a place to go hunting rabbits for a day,but ,
if somebody knows the area,and can give some directions,it will be very helpful .
This is a high desert place,and it looks like in the picture which I found on the internet .
Please comment.
Thanks.

 

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That's a pretty cool area and I know for a fact has a good number of Jackrabbits.This year isn't so great for Cottontail though. Best bet is to talk to a Game Warden if possible or find like you mentioned BLM land on a map or app. The pic you posted looks like prime area to me. Try early morning or evening as that's when the rabbits are most active.

 

[Rami939]

Thanks for the tip Dana.
The area looks like the area where you hunt(Palmdale ,etc.) .
I haven't been in the Joshua Tree are in years .
I went to the local office of the BLM today ,to ask for places to shoot near Yucca valley,and the lady gave 2 maps with the BLM designated land for free.
Usually they're $4 a piece .
She told me of a new open BLM area that has many people interested in ,and is closer to where I live.
Maybe I'll check it out tomorrow.

 

[Ginuwine1969]

Rami, maybe you could hook me up with a pdf of the maps. I live out in Victorville always looking for a good are to got shooting and hunting.

 

[Rami939]

How can I do the pdf ?
The maps are big .
Looking at the maps,one is for Big Bear Lake area,and the other one is called Santa Ana(orange county).
The Big Bear lake shows a little of Lucerne Valley and Johnson Valley Off Hwy vehicle areas and Big Horn Mountain Wilderness,which are east of Victoville.

 

[huntjunky]

Be careful to stay on BLM and not wander onto national forest...cost me an $85 fine, while coyote hunting and I got of lucky, due to my boyish charm and rugged good looks. The rest of my hunt was pretty devoid of game. :-(

 

[wll]

"huntjunky"Be careful to stay on BLM and not wander onto national forest...cost me an $85 fine, while coyote hunting and I got of lucky, due to my boyish charm and rugged good looks. The rest of my hunt was pretty devoid of game. :-(

Got a question, aren't you allowed to hunt in national forest, I thought that was legit. Don't folks hunt deer and bear in national Forest ?

wll