● Ranked from real Wisconsin data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in Wisconsin
Wisconsin 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.
#1Marathon County12,041 deer · 6% public6% public→#2Waupaca County10,740 deer · 2% public2% public→#3Shawano County9,880 deer · 2.7% public2.7% public→#4Vernon County9,561 deer · 1.3% public1.3% public→#5Dunn County9,118 deer · 3.1% public3.1% public→#6Waushara County8,678 deer · 4.8% public4.8% public→#7Monroe County8,137 deer · 2.2% public2.2% public→#8Portage County8,384 deer · 6.6% public6.6% public→#9Polk County8,091 deer · 6.7% public6.7% public→#10Marquette County7,790 deer · 4.2% public4.2% public→#11Clark County8,849 deer · 16.9% public16.9% public→#12Trempealeau County7,151 deer · 1.4% public1.4% 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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