● Ranked from real Kentucky data · 2024-25 season
Most huntable public land: counties in Kentucky
Kentucky 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.
#1McCreary Countypublic land you can walk on63.3% public→#2Leslie Countypublic land you can walk on39.1% public→#3Menifee Countypublic land you can walk on35.6% public→#4Rowan Countypublic land you can walk on34.6% public→#5Trigg Countypublic land you can walk on29% public→#6Bell Countypublic land you can walk on28.4% public→#7Clay Countypublic land you can walk on27.9% public→#8Jackson Countypublic land you can walk on27.6% public→#9Lyon Countypublic land you can walk on25.9% public→#10Martin Countypublic land you can walk on23.7% public→#11Laurel Countypublic land you can walk on22.8% public→#12Whitley Countypublic land you can walk on19.8% 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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