● Ranked from real Florida data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in Florida
Florida 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.
#1Jackson County4,874 deer · 2.7% public2.7% public→#2Alachua County2,401 deer · 4.6% public4.6% public→#3Madison County2,308 deer · 1.7% public1.7% public→#4Suwannee County2,231 deer · 0.8% public0.8% public→#5Washington County2,283 deer · 12.5% public12.5% public→#6Calhoun County1,953 deer · 0.3% public0.3% public→#7Santa Rosa County2,902 deer · 33% public33% public→#8Levy County2,134 deer · 11.8% public11.8% public→#9Escambia County1,786 deer · 4.2% public4.2% public→#10Holmes County1,787 deer · 4.4% public4.4% public→#11Gadsden County1,717 deer · 3.3% public3.3% public→#12Lake County1,817 deer · 17.9% public17.9% 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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