Hunting in South Carolina

202 game management units

Official agency resources

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Buy a license ↗
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/purchase.html
Hunting regulations ↗
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/regulations.html
Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/hunting/lottery/index.html
GMU map ↗
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/hunting/zones/index.html
Harvest reporting ↗
https://dnr.sc.gov/harvestreport/
Hunter education ↗
https://dnr.sc.gov/education/hunted.html

Authoritative source

For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in South Carolina, go straight to the issuing agency.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

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Game management units

202 units

Unit Aiken Gopher Tortoise HP and WMA
Unit Altamaha Towne HP
Unit Angelus WMA
Unit Ashmore HP and WMA
Unit Bald Rock HP
Unit Bear Branch HP
Unit Bear Island WMA
Unit Beaverdam Creek Waterfowl Management Area
Unit Belfast Archery Range
Unit Belfast Shooting Range
Unit Belfast WMA
Unit Bennetts Bay HP
Unit Bird Key - Stono Seabird Sanctuary
Unit Bobwhite Hills WMA
Unit Bonneau Ferry State Lakes
Unit Bonneau Ferry WMA
Unit Bordeaux WMA
Unit Botany Bay Plantation HP and WMA
Unit Brasstown Creek HP and WMA
Unit Broad River Waterfowl Management Area
Unit Bunched Arrowhead HP
Unit Buzzard Roost HP and WMA
Unit Buzzards Island HP
Unit Caesars Head Jones Gap WMA
Unit Calhoun Falls WMA
Unit Campbells Crossroads WMA
Unit Canal WMA
Unit Cartwheel Bay HP and WMA
Unit Cathedral Bay HP
Unit Chestnut Ridge HP and WMA
Unit Chestnut Ridge Wildlife Managment Area
Unit Childsbury Towne HP
Unit Cliff Pitts WMA
Unit Congaree Bluffs HP
Unit Congaree Creek HP
Unit Coosaw Sea Island Cotton HP
Unit Coosawhatchie HP and WMA
Unit Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary
Unit Crackerneck WMA and Ecological Reserve
Unit Crosby Oxypolis HP
Unit Daws Island HP
Unit Delta South WMA
Unit Deveaux Bank Seabird Sanctuary
Unit Ditch Pond HP and WMA
Unit Donnelley WMA
Unit Draper WMA
Unit Dungannon Plantation HP and WMA
Unit Dunns Pond on Hamilton Ridge
Unit Eastatoe Creek HP and WMA
Unit Edgar Brown State Lake
Unit Edisto River WMA
Unit Eva Russell Chandler HP
Unit Eva Russell Chandler HP and WMA
Unit Fants Grove WMA
Unit Fish Dam Ford HP
Unit Fort Frederick HP
Unit Fort Lamar HP
Unit Forty Acre Rock HP
Unit Forty Acre Rock HP and WMA
Unit George E. Campsen, Jr. Capers Island HP
Unit Glassy Mountain HP
Unit Gopher Branch HP
Unit Grassy Knob
Unit Graveley WMA
Unit Gray Court Tract WMA
Unit Great Pee Dee River HP and WMA
Unit Greens Shell Enclosure HP
Unit Hallman Dove Field
Unit Hamilton Ridge WMA
Unit Hellhole WMA
Unit Henderson HP and WMA
Unit Herb Kirsh Wildlife Conservation Area
Unit Herbert Kirsch Wildlife Conservation Area
Unit Heritage Tract
Unit Hickory Top WMA
Unit Horse Creek HP
Unit Indian Creek Quail Focal Area
Unit James L. Mason WMA
Unit James O. Thomason Firing Range
Unit James Ross Wildlife Reservation
Unit Janet Harrison Highpond HP
Unit Jocassee Gorges
Unit Jonesville Reservoir
Unit Keowee WMA
Unit L.M. Brown Trust Wachovia Bank
Unit Lake Ashwood
Unit Lake Blalock Waterfowl Management Area
Unit Lake Cherokee
Unit Lake Cunningham Waterfowl Area
Unit Lake Edwin B. Johnson
Unit Lake George Warren
Unit Lake John D Long Wildlife Lake
Unit Lake Murray WMA
Unit Lake Paul Wallace
Unit Lake Paul Wallace Dove Field
Unit Lake Thicketty
Unit Lancaster Reservoir
Unit Landsford Canal Forest Legacy Area
Unit Laurel Fork HP and WMA
Unit Lewis Ocean Bay HP and WMA
Unit Liberty Hill WMA
Unit Lighthouse Inlet HP
Unit Little Pee Dee HP and WMA
Unit Little Pee Dee State Park Bay HP
Unit London Creek WMA
Unit Long Branch Bay HP
Unit Longleaf Pine HP and WMA
Unit Love Farm Dove Field
Unit Lynchburg Savanna HP and WMA
Unit Lynches Scenic River WMA
Unit Manchester State Forest
Unit Marine Reserve
Unit Marsh WMA
Unit McBee WMA
Unit McCalla WMA
Unit McConnells Tract
Unit McCullough Dove Field
Unit McKenzie Field Station
Unit Meyer Lake HP and WMA
Unit Mill Shoals WMA
Unit Monticello Reservoir Waterfowl Management Area
Unit Moultrie Hunt Unit
Unit Mountain Lakes State Lake 1
Unit Mountain Lakes State Lake 2
Unit Nipper Creek HP
Unit No Hunting Zone
Unit No official name
Unit No official SCDNR property name
Unit North Santee Bar Seabird Sanctuary
Unit Northampton WMA
Unit Oak Lea WMA
Unit Old Island HP and WMA
Unit Oliphant State Lake
Unit Pacolet River HP
Unit Palachucola Rifle Range
Unit Palachucola WMA
Unit Parksville Dove Field
Unit Parr Reservoir Waterfowl Management Area
Unit Peachtree Rock HP
Unit Pee Dee Station
Unit Peters Creek HP
Unit Pickens County Range
Unit Pine Island
Unit Plum Branch
Unit Plum Branch Dove Field
Unit Poe Creek State Forest
Unit Poinsett Bridge HP
Unit Potato Creek Hatchery WMA
Unit Private Inholding
Unit Rifle Range Dove Field
Unit Rock Hill Blackjacks HP and WMA
Unit Russell Creek Waterfowl Management Area
Unit Samworth WMA
Unit Sand Hills State Forest
Unit Santee Coastal Reserve WMA
Unit Santee Cooper Tract WMA (Spartanburg)
Unit Santee Cooper WMA
Unit Santee Dam WMA
Unit Santee Delta WMA
Unit Santee Island WMA
Unit Santee WMA
Unit Sassafrass Mountain Overlook HP
Unit Savage Bay HP
Unit Savannah River Bluffs HP
Unit Segars-McKinnon HP
Unit Shealys Pond HP
Unit South Bluff HP
Unit South Fenwick Island WMA
Unit South Saluda Angler Access
Unit South Saluda WMA
Unit St. Helena Sound HP and WMA
Unit Star Fort Pond
Unit Stevens Creek HP and WMA
Unit Stoney Creek Battery HP
Unit Stumphouse Mountain HP and WMA
Unit Sumter National Forest - Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Unit Sumter National Forest - Enoree Ranger District
Unit Sumter National Forest - Long Cane Ranger District
Unit Sunrise Lake
Unit Tall Pines WMA
Unit Thurmond Tract WMA
Unit Tillman Sand Ridge HP and WMA
Unit Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center HP
Unit Tomkins Island Seabird Sanctuary
Unit Turtle Island WMA
Unit Twin Ponds Range (FMNF)
Unit Unnamed WMA
Unit Victoria Bluff HP and WMA
Unit Waccamaw River HP and WMA
Unit Wadakoe Mountain HP and WMA
Unit Waddell Mariculture Center
Unit Wambaw WMA
Unit Wateree Range
Unit Wateree River HP and WMA
Unit Waterhorn WMA
Unit Watson-Cooper HP and WMA
Unit Webb Wildlife Center
Unit Webb WMA Archery Range
Unit Wee Tee WMA
Unit Woodbury WMA
Unit Woods Bay HP
Unit Worth Mountain

Huntable public lands in South Carolina

Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
62,245.1 acres
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
47,310.4 acres
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
12,231.4 acres
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
National Forest
629,000 acres
Francis Marion National Forest
National Forest
416,839.99 acres
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
4,052.8 acres
Santee National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
13,161 acres
Sewee Purchase Unit
Conservation Area
3,561.56 acres
Sumter National Forest
National Forest
959,508.24 acres
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area

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Predator & Furbearer

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