● Ranked from real Tennessee data · 2024-25 season
Most huntable public land: counties in Tennessee
Tennessee 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.
#1Unicoi Countypublic land you can walk on54.1% public→#2Polk Countypublic land you can walk on53.9% public→#3Carter Countypublic land you can walk on39% public→#4Monroe Countypublic land you can walk on37.8% public→#5Campbell Countypublic land you can walk on31.5% public→#6Scott Countypublic land you can walk on30.2% public→#7Johnson Countypublic land you can walk on28.3% public→#8Stewart Countypublic land you can walk on22.6% public→#9Cocke Countypublic land you can walk on20.7% public→#10Sullivan Countypublic land you can walk on14% public→#11Pickett Countypublic land you can walk on13.2% public→#12Union Countypublic land you can walk on12.9% 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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