A hunting property for sale in Marne is rarely found in the chalk plains that fill the centre of the department: its woodland lies around the edges. Between Reims and Épernay, the Montagne de Reims carries a forested plateau; to the east, the Argonne stretches around Sainte-Menehould; to the south-east, the Champagne humide and the Trois-Fontaines forest run up to Haute-Marne and Meuse; to the south-west, the Traconne forest spreads out near Sézanne. This page lists the hunting estates and shoots on the market in Marne, from family hunting woods and wooded estates with a lodge to open farmland or marsh, offered by private sellers, estate agents and notaires.
The data panel below sets out the prices of forests and ponds sold in the department, together with big game bag figures. After that come the main hunting areas of Marne and the checks specific to the department: hunting rights, night shooting of wildfowl, wild boar damage near the vineyards, fencing.
A hunting estate is rarely valued with a single figure: its price adds up the value of the woodland, the ponds, the buildings and the shooting facilities. The statistics below give benchmarks for wooded land and ponds, based on sales actually recorded.
According to the ma-propriete.fr forest price observatory, built from sales recorded in the French DVF land registry database, the median price of a hectare of forest in Marne was €5,416/ha in 2025, across 100 sales, with an average of €6,165/ha. That puts the department below the Grand Est median (€5,498/ha) and above the national median (€4,936/ha). Year on year, the departmental median moved by −0.6%. Over the more robust 2020-2025 period, 502 sales give a median of €5,227/ha for a median plot size of 3.1 ha.
| Indicator | Marne (51) | Grand Est | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price 2025 | €5,416/ha | €5,498/ha | €4,936/ha |
| Average price 2025 | €6,165/ha | €6,545/ha | €6,214/ha |
| Number of sales 2025 | 100 | 527 | 6,329 |
| Change in median 2024 → 2025 | −0.6% | +10.9% | +1.9% |
| Median price 2020-2025 | €5,227/ha | €4,958/ha | €4,778/ha |
| Number of sales 2020-2025 | 502 | 2,836 | 35,100 |
Nationally, the price per hectare rises with size: the large properties that appeal to hunters sell for more per hectare than medium-sized woods.
| Size of forest sold (France, 2020-2025) | Median price | Number of sales |
|---|---|---|
| 10 to 20 ha | €4,010/ha | 3,161 |
| 20 to 50 ha | €5,330/ha | 1,850 |
| 50 to 100 ha | €6,810/ha | 581 |
| Over 100 ha | €7,361/ha | 320 |
Ponds, which often make much of a shoot’s value, trade at a very different level: a median of €33,082/ha for the 54 ponds sold without buildings in Marne between 2020 and 2025*.
On the listings side, 18 hunting properties are offered on ma-propriete.fr across France as of 2 October 2026, none in Grand Est at that date. Their median asking price is €888,000 for a median size of about 68 ha. These are asking prices for complete properties: they describe the supply on offer more than the average price of a wooded hectare.
* 30 to 99 sales: indicative value. Source: DVF (French tax authority), processed by ma-propriete.fr; forests of 1 ha or more, cadastral type woodland; ponds without buildings of at least 2,000 m²; July 2020 to December 2025; Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin are not covered by DVF. Listings recorded on ma-propriete.fr on 2 October 2026.
The game bag records published by the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) measure hunting pressure and, indirectly, the presence of big game. In Marne, 2,431 red deer were taken in the 2024-2025 season, about 3% of the national total, alongside 6,674 roe deer and 14,284 wild boar.
| Species | 2021-2022 season | 2024-2025 season | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red deer | 2,125 | 2,431 | +14% |
| Roe deer | 8,615 | 6,674 | −23% |
| Wild boar | 13,714 | 14,284 | +4% |
Source: OFB, wild ungulates network, departmental big game bags (total culls, data published on data.gouv.fr).
In the east, the Argonne forms a long band of forest and ponds that Marne shares with Meuse and Ardennes. On the Marne side, the Châtrices forest near Sainte-Menehould and the woods of the former front line, on ground scarred by the First World War, sit alongside private oak and beech woods, and red deer and wild boar move from one block to the next. Properties on offer are often medium-sized hunting woods, sometimes with a pond, linked by the A4 motorway to Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne. For the Meuse side of the forest, see also our shoots for sale in Meuse.
The Montagne de Reims is a plateau of oak woods ringed by vineyard slopes, much of it designated as a regional nature park. Red deer, reintroduced in the mid-twentieth century, share it with wild boar and roe deer; the Verzy state forest, known for its twisted dwarf beeches, covers its north-eastern part. Look at how the wood fits between public forests, wine villages and the park’s footpaths: these neighbours weigh on how driven days can be organised.
To the south-east, the Der country and the Perthois belong to the Champagne humide, where meadows, woods and ponds share heavy, waterlogged soils. The Trois-Fontaines state forest, straddling Marne, Meuse and Haute-Marne, holds mainly red deer and wild boar; around it, private woods and ponds make up mixed shoots where duck are also taken. Lac du Der and the Outines and Arrigny ponds form a national hunting and wildlife reserve: shooting is banned inside it, but the marshland around the edges benefits from the migration. If water is your priority, browse our lakes and ponds for sale in Marne.
At the other end of the department, near Sézanne, the Traconne combines a state forest with extensive private woods: sessile and pedunculate oak, beech and hornbeam hold red deer, boar and roe deer, and woodcock pass through in autumn. Between these blocks, the chalk country of the Champagne crayeuse, around Châlons-en-Champagne, has become arable land: planted with Austrian pine in the nineteenth century, it keeps only scattered copses and its vast military camps. Here you buy an open farmland shoot for hare, partridge and pheasant, with a few wooded coverts between the fields.
Start with the hunting rights. Marne is not one of the departments where communal hunting associations (ACCA) are compulsory, but some municipalities have set one up: land of less than 20 ha in a single block within such a commune is in principle brought into the association. Ask at the town hall, then request current hunting leases, the cull plan (plan de chasse) allocations for red and roe deer and the wild boar rules set by the departmental game management plan.
For wildfowl, Marne is among the departments where night shooting is allowed from a fixed hide, provided the hide existed on 1 January 2000 and has been declared: without the official receipt, a hut gives you no right to shoot at night. Next, wild boar: near the vineyards and arable land, their damage is compensated by the departmental hunters’ federation, vines included, and the holder of an under-hunted ground can be asked to bear part of the cost. Finally, if the wood is fenced, check that it complies with the act of 2 February 2023 or have the work costed, as fences put up since 1993 must be brought into line before 1 January 2027; our page on fencing in natural areas sums up the rules.
On ma-propriete.fr, hunting properties in Marne are listed by owners, rural estate agents and notaires’ offices. Narrow the list by size and budget, set up an email alert to receive new properties as soon as they appear, or post a listing for your own shoot. If the woodland matters more than the shooting, see our woods and forests for sale in Marne; to compare with Ardennes, Aube or the Vosges, widen your search to hunting properties across the Grand Est.
