Usually it means ANY private land. Usually the idea is to harass the elk away from farm fields.
Give us a specific unit reference and I'll try to interpret what it means.
I was looking at the difference between a A tag and a B tag in unit 1.
Why would someone want a B tag over a A?
Are elk tags other than control hunts OTC for residents?
Look at the hunt dates. A tags are more for archery and/or ML hunters. They'll give you a long bow or ML season and a short rifle season. B tags give you much longer rifle seasons.
The private land is any private land. You're going to need a land ownership map to figure out what's what. A lot of private land is forested and you can't tell it from public without a map. I suggest a GPS using the OnX map program for detailed boundaries.
Of course if you hunt outside of those date restrictions, you can hunt any public land.
