● Ranked from real Alabama data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in Alabama
Alabama counties where private hunting access is worth the most — strong deer harvest AND very little public land, so a hunter has real demand and nowhere free to go. If you own ground here, this is what it's worth.
#1Baldwin County6,172 deer · 8.7% public8.7% public→#2Dallas County5,608 deer · 0.3% public0.3% public→#3Tuscaloosa County5,279 deer · 3.3% public3.3% public→#4Clarke County4,532 deer · 0% public0% public→#5Covington County4,749 deer · 9.8% public9.8% public→#6Walker County4,383 deer · 3.1% public3.1% public→#7Russell County4,234 deer · 0% public0% public→#8Butler County4,202 deer · 0% public0% public→#9Bullock County4,187 deer · 0.7% public0.7% public→#10Barbour County4,342 deer · 4.7% public4.7% public→#11Henry County4,081 deer · 0% public0% public→#12Jackson County4,628 deer · 12.1% public12.1% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by opportunity = reported deer harvest (normalized) × private-land scarcity (1 − huntable public %). Strong harvest with little public land ranks highest. A relative guide from public data, not an appraisal.
Data year: 2024-25 season. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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