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

6% public

Mostly public (90%+)

0 WMDs

Most public land

WMD 9 — 187,389 ac

With landlocked public

22 of 29

WMD	Public	Public acres	Landlocked	Remote	Elevation
WMD 9	25%	187,389 ac	145 ac	11%	0.4–3.6k ft
WMD 8	12%	163,625 ac	650 ac	9%	0.3–4.0k ft
WMD 10	23%	147,887 ac	4,175 ac	22%	0.2–2.4k ft
WMD 4	10%	134,680 ac	509 ac	7%	0.6–3.0k ft
WMD 19	12%	102,788 ac	—	1%	0.1–1.5k ft
WMD 12	16%	101,187 ac	494 ac	23%	0.4–4.1k ft
WMD 7	10%	93,871 ac	151 ac	7%	0.6–4.2k ft
WMD 28	12%	92,340 ac	1,381 ac	11%	0.0–1.1k ft
WMD 5	9%	86,680 ac	—	7%	0.5–2.4k ft
WMD 1	9%	79,582 ac	—	22%	0.5–2.0k ft
WMD 27	6%	76,803 ac	4,675 ac	8%	0.0–0.6k ft
WMD 26	11%	76,333 ac	615 ac	1%	0.0–1.5k ft
WMD 14	11%	56,519 ac	—	10%	0.3–2.9k ft
WMD 18	6%	49,470 ac	132 ac	6%	0.1–1.4k ft
WMD 2	6%	44,589 ac	—	0%	0.5–2.0k ft
WMD 11	4%	41,811 ac	6,413 ac	12%	0.2–1.5k ft
WMD 3	6%	41,016 ac	—	10%	0.4–1.7k ft
WMD 20	10%	40,739 ac	356 ac	0%	0.0–1.1k ft
WMD 15	5%	36,110 ac	404 ac	1%	0.2–2.0k ft
WMD 25	6%	33,389 ac	347 ac	0%	-0.2–1.3k ft
WMD 24	13%	30,955 ac	773 ac	0%	0.0–0.3k ft
WMD 21	6%	27,151 ac	63 ac	0%	-0.1–1.0k ft
WMD 16	4%	24,772 ac	197 ac	1%	0.1–1.3k ft
WMD 17	3%	24,631 ac	284 ac	2%	0.1–1.6k ft
WMD 23	4%	23,591 ac	758 ac	1%	0.0–1.2k ft
WMD 6	3%	23,442 ac	—	2%	0.3–1.7k ft
WMD 29	1%	18,362 ac	1,255 ac	18%	0.0–0.5k ft
WMD 22	4%	16,673 ac	1,979 ac	0%	0.0–0.8k ft
WMD 13	3%	10,723 ac	217 ac	0%	0.2–3.1k ft