● Ranked from real Georgia data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in Georgia
Georgia 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.
#1Hancock County3,577 deer · 1% public1% public→#2Burke County3,364 deer · 3.3% public3.3% public→#3Wilkes County3,050 deer · 2.5% public2.5% public→#4Laurens County2,898 deer · 1.8% public1.8% public→#5Washington County2,814 deer · 0% public0% public→#6Oglethorpe County2,717 deer · 1.4% public1.4% public→#7Stewart County2,312 deer · 1.9% public1.9% public→#8Meriwether County2,319 deer · 3.8% public3.8% public→#9Jefferson County2,208 deer · 0% public0% public→#10Hall County2,222 deer · 0.9% public0.9% public→#11Warren County2,175 deer · 0.1% public0.1% public→#12Greene County2,390 deer · 11.7% public11.7% 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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