● Ranked from real Indiana data · 2024-25 season
Most huntable public land: counties in Indiana
Indiana counties with the largest share of HUNTABLE public land — state game lands/WMAs, national forest and state/county forest you can hunt without knocking on doors. Parks and permit-only refuges are excluded.
#1Perry Countypublic land you can walk on26.4% public→#2Brown Countypublic land you can walk on24.2% public→#3Crawford Countypublic land you can walk on19.4% public→#4Monroe Countypublic land you can walk on18.8% public→#5Orange Countypublic land you can walk on18.6% public→#6Jackson Countypublic land you can walk on11.5% public→#7Ripley Countypublic land you can walk on9.6% public→#8Scott Countypublic land you can walk on9% public→#9Pike Countypublic land you can walk on8% public→#10Newton Countypublic land you can walk on7.8% public→#11Martin Countypublic land you can walk on7.8% public→#12Jefferson Countypublic land you can walk on7.5% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by huntable public land as a share of the county: state wildlife-agency game lands/WMAs + USGS PAD-US national/state/county forest, unioned and intersected with the Census county boundary in an equal-area projection. National & state parks, military and permit-only refuges are excluded.
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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