Unit research / Maine

Maine WMDs — hunting districts map

Maine calls its hunting districts WMDs — Wildlife Management Districts. All 29 WMDs we cover, ranked by public acres. Every number is computed from primary government data by the open pipeline — nothing is estimated and nothing is bought.

WMDs covered

Typical unit is

3% public

Mostly public (90%+)

0 WMDs

Most public land

WMD 8 — 132,178 ac

With landlocked public

21 of 29

WMD	Public	Public acres	Landlocked	Remote	Elevation
WMD 8	10%	132,178 ac	650 ac	10%	0.3–4.0k ft
WMD 12	13%	85,291 ac	405 ac	26%	0.4–4.1k ft
WMD 9	11%	80,782 ac	145 ac	10%	0.4–3.6k ft
WMD 7	8%	73,935 ac	151 ac	7%	0.6–4.2k ft
WMD 28	7%	53,746 ac	1,058 ac	17%	0.0–1.1k ft
WMD 27	3%	46,104 ac	4,298 ac	10%	0.0–0.6k ft
WMD 2	6%	44,589 ac	—	0%	0.5–2.0k ft
WMD 19	5%	44,255 ac	—	2%	0.1–1.5k ft
WMD 3	6%	40,552 ac	—	10%	0.4–1.7k ft
WMD 5	4%	40,009 ac	—	5%	0.5–2.4k ft
WMD 10	5%	34,646 ac	4,175 ac	9%	0.2–2.4k ft
WMD 11	3%	32,890 ac	6,413 ac	7%	0.2–1.5k ft
WMD 4	2%	29,275 ac	509 ac	19%	0.6–3.0k ft
WMD 18	3%	27,744 ac	132 ac	9%	0.1–1.4k ft
WMD 6	2%	22,678 ac	—	2%	0.3–1.7k ft
WMD 1	2%	18,416 ac	—	0%	0.5–2.0k ft
WMD 20	4%	17,504 ac	356 ac	0%	0.0–1.1k ft
WMD 23	3%	16,043 ac	758 ac	1%	0.0–1.2k ft
WMD 16	2%	13,730 ac	197 ac	1%	0.1–1.3k ft
WMD 15	2%	12,447 ac	404 ac	2%	0.2–2.0k ft
WMD 17	1%	11,453 ac	284 ac	3%	0.1–1.6k ft
WMD 24	4%	10,704 ac	773 ac	0%	0.0–0.3k ft
WMD 25	2%	10,584 ac	347 ac	0%	-0.2–1.3k ft
WMD 14	2%	10,318 ac	—	6%	0.3–2.9k ft
WMD 13	3%	10,143 ac	217 ac	0%	0.2–3.1k ft
WMD 21	2%	9,630 ac	63 ac	0%	-0.1–1.0k ft
WMD 22	2%	9,284 ac	1,979 ac	0%	0.0–0.8k ft
WMD 26	1%	8,214 ac	—	0%	0.0–1.5k ft
WMD 29	0%	4,212 ac	884 ac	23%	0.0–0.5k ft