● Ranked from real Tennessee data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in Tennessee
Tennessee 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.
#1Sumner County3,572 deer · 0.2% public0.2% public→#2Giles County3,378 deer · 0% public0% public→#3Henry County3,049 deer · 1.7% public1.7% public→#4Lawrence County3,086 deer · 3.6% public3.6% public→#5Weakley County2,803 deer · 2% public2% public→#6Wilson County2,768 deer · 0.9% public0.9% public→#7Lincoln County2,746 deer · 0.2% public0.2% public→#8Montgomery County2,697 deer · 0.5% public0.5% public→#9Carroll County2,538 deer · 4.5% public4.5% public→#10Sullivan County2,808 deer · 14% public14% public→#11Hawkins County2,384 deer · 0% public0% public→#12Franklin County2,550 deer · 8.2% public8.2% 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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