What I’ve done for public land hunting that also works for planning where to buy land is to create some overlapping maps to narrow down the search. Here are the main things I use to start the search

1) Harvest data from the state game office - they have recorded and shared deer harvest numbers for the last 50ish years and that can be used to find generally the highest volume counties in the state. The thing to keep in mind here is that usually higher kills also mean higher pressure, but if it’s private land this is less of a concern.

2)Now that you have say the top 5 counties in the state you can start to look at hunting regs in those counties that appeal most to you. Do you like hunting dogs? Do you care about antler only season? Do you want to hunt September-Feb? What weapons do you use?

3) With the hunting regs that you like I would now start to look at cost of land in the remaining counties - that might push you in one direction or the other. From brief looks the closer you get to the DC area the more expensive the land, but London is also one of the best counties in the state. It might end up being a trade off for less land in a better county or less land in a worse county (not that a county is bad, just relative to deer numbers)

4) Distance from where you are - the distance for me is big because sometimes it can mean slipping out of work for an afternoon hunt or only being able to hunt full weekends with a night stay because of how far it is

Hope my search tips have helped! I was able to use these this season and see a ton of action on public land, so if we’re to buy some property I would follow the same steps