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Nevada hunting unit

Unit 261: public land and hunting map

Unit 261 is one of Nevada Department of Wildlife’s 124 hunt units in Nevada. It covers about 450 square miles (287,778 acres), and roughly 87% of it is public land: BLM 79%, Fish & Wildlife Service 8.5%.

Measured Oct 12, 2026 from agency boundaries and USGS PAD-US 4.1 · sources and method

Who manages the land

  • Bureau of Land Management79%
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service8.5%

Share of the unit’s area. Federal agencies plus state wildlife, trust and natural-resource land, as the WikiHunt map classifies it. The rest is private, tribal, local or other land.

Outline of Unit 261 and the units around itUnit 253 · 93% publicUnit 254 · 97% publicUnit 262 · 86% public
Unit 261 in orange; neighbours shaded by public land share (darker = more public). Tap a neighbour to open it.

Units next to Unit 261

Nevada season dates, 2026

Statewide general seasons. Many units have their own dates, quotas or draw-only hunts, so check the unit in the regulations before you go.

SpeciesSeason2026 dates
Deer Archery Deer Aug 10 – Aug 31
Deer Muzzleloader Deer Sep 7 – Sep 21
Deer Rifle Deer Oct 5 – Oct 19
Elk Elk Sep 15 – Nov 30
Pronghorn Rifle Antelope Aug 10 – Aug 24

Full notes on the Nevada page · Nevada regulations.

Questions

How much of Unit 261 is public land?

About 87% of Unit 261 (251,518 of 287,778 acres) is federal or state public land in USGS PAD-US 4.1, mostly Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public land is not always open land: check access and closures before you go.

Who manages the land in Unit 261?

Bureau of Land Management: 79%; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 8.5%. The rest is private, tribal, local government or other land.

Which units border Unit 261?

Unit 253, Unit 254 and Unit 262.

Where are the season dates and rules for Unit 261?

Nevada Department of Wildlife sets them. Start at the Nevada hunting regulations. WikiHunt shows the statewide general seasons on the Nevada page and in the app.

Sources and method

  • Boundary: Nevada Department of Wildlife (owner NDOW_DEV), the same layer the WikiHunt map draws.
  • Public land: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) 4.1, Fee Managers layer (public domain).
  • Method: the unit and PAD-US polygons are simplified to about 100 m and measured on a grid of about 250 cells across the unit, so overlapping records are counted once. Expect about ±1 percentage point.
  • Season dates: WikiHunt’s season table, updated Sep 2, 2026, checked against each state’s published regulations. Dates change; the regulations win.
  • Last updated: Oct 12, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.