● Ranked from real West Virginia data · 2024-25 season
Most huntable public land: counties in West Virginia
West Virginia 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.
#1Pocahontas Countypublic land you can walk on55.6% public→#2Tucker Countypublic land you can walk on39% public→#3Randolph Countypublic land you can walk on32.7% public→#4Pendleton Countypublic land you can walk on30% public→#5Webster Countypublic land you can walk on18.6% public→#6Greenbrier Countypublic land you can walk on17.7% public→#7Hardy Countypublic land you can walk on14.5% public→#8Wayne Countypublic land you can walk on12.8% public→#9Mingo Countypublic land you can walk on11.6% public→#10Braxton Countypublic land you can walk on9.9% public→#11Lewis Countypublic land you can walk on8.5% public→#12Wirt Countypublic land you can walk on8.5% 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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