● Ranked from real Indiana data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in Indiana
Indiana 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.
#1Steuben County3,261 deer · 2% public2% public→#2LaGrange County2,871 deer · 3.7% public3.7% public→#3Noble County2,681 deer · 0.7% public0.7% public→#4DeKalb County2,493 deer · 0% public0% public→#5Harrison County2,603 deer · 4.6% public4.6% public→#6Kosciusko County2,504 deer · 1% public1% public→#7Parke County2,442 deer · 0.6% public0.6% public→#8Marshall County2,416 deer · 0.4% public0.4% public→#9Putnam County2,368 deer · 2% public2% public→#10Washington County2,445 deer · 5.1% public5.1% public→#11Lawrence County2,311 deer · 5.8% public5.8% public→#12Pulaski County2,182 deer · 2.8% public2.8% 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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