South Carolina Hunting - 2022 Seasons, Licenses & Maps

Overview

Known For

Good turkey hunting

Terrain

Consists of low mountains, rolling hills, coastal plains, and sea islands

Hunting Seasons

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Season	Start Date	End Date
Coastal Plain Management Units: Southern Coastal, Middle Coast, Midlands, Pee Dee.	Sep 11, 2021	Oct 9, 2021
Still Hunt Zone 1 Private land in Game Zone 1. Statewide Limit: 1 bear; no sow with cubs, no bears 100 lbs. or less.	Oct 17, 2021	Oct 23, 2021
Still Hunt Zone 4 Private land in Game Zone 4 (Georgetown, Horry, Marion, and Williamsburg counties only). Statewide Limit: 1 bear; no sow with cubs, no bears 100 lbs. or less.	Oct 17, 2021	Oct 30, 2021
Still Hunt Zone 2 Private land only in Spartanburg and portions of Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens counties south of Game Zone 1. Statewide Limit: 1 bear; no sow with cubs,\nno bears 100 lbs. or less.	Oct 17, 2021	Oct 30, 2021
Party Dog Hunt Zone 1 Private land in Game Zone 1. Statewide Limit: 1 bear; no sow with cubs, no bears 100 lbs. or less.	Oct 24, 2021	Oct 30, 2021
Statewide No limit.	Nov 25, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
Statewide Private Lands No closed season on private lands. No limit. WMA open to hunting coyote during open hunting seasons.	Jan 1, 2021	Dec 31, 2021
Zone 4 Archery Private Private lands in zone 4.	Aug 15, 2021	Aug 31, 2021
Zone 3 Archery & Gun Private Private lands in zone 3.	Aug 15, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 4 Gun Private Private lands in zone 4.	Sep 1, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 2 Archery Private Private lands in Zone 2.	Sep 15, 2021	Sep 30, 2021
Zone 4 WMA Archery Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Sep 15, 2021	Oct 9, 2021
Zone 2 WMA Archery Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Sep 15, 2021	Sep 30, 2021
Zone 3 WMA Archery Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Sep 15, 2021	Sep 30, 2021
Zone 1 WMA Primitive Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 1, 2021	Oct 9, 2021
Zone 2 Primitive Private Private lands in Zone 2.	Oct 1, 2021	Oct 10, 2021
Zone 1 Primitive Private Private lands in Zone 1.	Oct 1, 2021	Oct 10, 2021
Zone 4 WMA Primitive Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 1, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 3 WMA Gun Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 1, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 2 WMA Primitive Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 1, 2021	Oct 9, 2021
Zone 3 WMA Primitive Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 8, 2021	Nov 22, 2021
Zone 4 WMA Gun Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 11, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 1 Gun Private Private lands in Zone 1.	Oct 11, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 1 WMA Gun 1 Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 11, 2021	Oct 16, 2021
Zone 2 Gun Private Private lands in Zone 2.	Oct 11, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 2 WMA Gun Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 11, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
Zone 1 WMA Archery Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Oct 12, 2021	Oct 30, 2021
Zone 1 WMA Gun 2 Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Nov 1, 2021	Jan 1, 2022
WMA Youth Deer Hunt Day Bag limits and seasons may vary depending on certain WMAs. Please check regulations for further details.	Jan 8, 2022	Jan 8, 2022
General 1 Bag limit 15 per day. First 3 days of the season, only afternoon hunts allowed.	Sep 4, 2021	Oct 2, 2021
General 2 Bag limit 15 per day.	Nov 13, 2021	Nov 27, 2021
General 3 Bag limit 15 per day.	Dec 17, 2021	Jan 31, 2022
Early Teal Bag limit 6 per day.	Sep 10, 2021	Sep 25, 2021
All Ducks 1 Bag limit 6 per day. Limits vary between specific species of ducks. Check regulations for further details.	Nov 20, 2021	Nov 27, 2021
All Ducks 2 Bag limit 6 per day. Limits vary between specific species of ducks. Check regulations for further details.	Dec 12, 2021	Jan 31, 2022
Private Land Dogs Only Private land in all zones.	Mar 2, 2021	Nov 24, 2021
WMA Dogs Only WMA in all zones. Night only.	Sep 1, 2021	Nov 24, 2021
Private Land Guns & Dogs Private land in all zones. No limit.	Nov 24, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
WMA Guns & Dogs, night only. WMA in all zones. Night only. No limit.	Nov 25, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
Early Canada Geese Bag limit 15 per day.	Sep 1, 2021	Sep 30, 2021
All Geese 1 Canada, snow, and white-fronted geese. Canada and white-fronted geese bag limit 5 per day. No more than 2 white-fronted geese. Snow geese bag limit 25 per day.	Nov 20, 2021	Nov 27, 2021
All Geese 2 Canada, snow, and white-fronted geese. Canada and white-fronted geese bag limit 5 per day. No more than 2 white-fronted geese. Snow geese bag limit 25 per day.	Dec 12, 2021	Jan 31, 2022
Brant	Dec 13, 2021	Jan 31, 2022
All Geese 3 Canada, snow, and white-fronted geese. Canada and white-fronted geese bag limit 5 per day. No more than 2 white-fronted geese. Snow geese bag limit 25 per day.	Feb 15, 2022	Mar 1, 2022
Game Zone 1 Bag limit 3 per day.	Nov 25, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
Statewide Private Lands No closed season on private lands. No limit. WMAs open to hunting coyote during open hunting seasons.	Jan 1, 2021	Dec 31, 2021
Private Land Dogs Only Private land in all zones.	Mar 2, 2021	Nov 21, 2021
WMA Dogs Only WMA in all zones.	Sep 1, 2021	Sep 15, 2021
Private Land Guns & Dogs Private land in all zones. Bag limit 12 per day.	Nov 22, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
WMA Guns & Dogs WMA in all zones. Bag limit 12 per day.	Nov 25, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
Private Land Dogs Only Private land in all zones.	Mar 2, 2021	Nov 24, 2021
WMA Dogs Only WMA in all zones.	Sep 1, 2021	Sep 15, 2021
Private Land Guns & Dogs Private land in all zones. Bag limit 5 per day.	Nov 22, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
WMA Guns & Dogs WMA in all zones. Bag limit 5 per day.	Nov 25, 2021	Mar 1, 2022
Spring Private 2 Private lands Game Zone 3 and 4. Resident bag limit of 3 gobblers per season, no more than 1 per day.	Mar 22, 2022	Apr 30, 2022
Spring WMA WMA lands statewide. Resident bag limit of 3 gobblers per season, no more than 1 per day.	Apr 1, 2022	Apr 30, 2022
Spring Private 1 Private lands Game Zone 1 and 2. Resident bag limit of 3 gobblers per season, no more than 1 per day.	Apr 1, 2022	May 10, 2022

Licenses, Permits and Regulations

Hunting licenses, permits and regulations can be purchased on the official web site of South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

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Hunting GPS Maps

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Game Zones

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Hunting Layers

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