There is actually a fair amount of open land in the greater Nashua area if you know where to look. Here are a few spots in Nashua.

1. Behind the Nashua airport (usually pretty heavily hunted, but a few deer a year are taken here). There are actually a few small woodlots on the Nashua / Hollis line that hold deer.

2. Down behind the Sheraton Tara. Someone took a big buck out of here 3 years ago, not much hunters.

3. On the southern edge of Nashua, along the Pepperell / Nashua line there are a few small woodlots also.

4. On the Hollis / Nashua line on Pine Hill Rd, there are two decent sized woodlots. The one right before the farm / orchard (can't remember the farm's name) produces some nice deer, and the farmers like having you there to keep the deer population low. Gets a fair amount of pressure.

Go buy a copy of DeLorme's Topo Atlas for the state and look up the list of WMA's (Wildlife Management Areas). Almost all the WMAs in NH are open to hunting, and there are a fair amount in the southern portion of the state.

One of the closest WMAs to Amherst is going to be Milford Fish Hatchery - A fair amount of public land open for hunting.

Go to NH Fish & Game's website http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/ and d/l the 2003 Wildlife Harvest report. It tells you how many deer were killed in each town last year.

Amherst - 44 (24 bucks)
Nashua - 19 (14 bucks)
Hudson - 47 (21 bucks)

Londonderry isn't that far and it has a pretty good amount of deer and open areas for hunting.

Good Luck!
JBacon - deer, birds, and small game, I hunt it all.