Restrictions
Shooting hours are uniform Statewide.
No open season on swans.
Hunting Waterfowl is prohibited within certain distances of residences on portions or all of the following bodies of water:
- Gills Creek in Lancaster County
- Bear Creek in Lancaster County
- Lake Murray
- Lake Greenwood
- Lake Wateree
- Lake Marion
- The cove immediately to the SE of the Indian Bluff Recreation site.
- Potato Creek
- Wyboo Creek
- Public waters in Calhoun County from the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers downstream to Poplar Creek.
- The coves immediately to the East of St Julien Subd. Extension and Cypress Shores Marina.
- Murrell's Inlet Creek in Georgetown County
Please contact your local Conservation Officer for specific information.
Special Falconry Season: Falconry is a permitted means of taking ducks, coots and mergansers in South Carolina. The season for falconry shall be:
- Oct. 24 through Nov. 20 and
- Nov. 26 - Dec. 7 and
- Dec. 9 through Dec. 13
Daily bag and possession limits for these birds shall not exceed 3 and 6 birds, respectively, singly or in the aggregate. Statewide hunting hours shall be one half hour before sunrise to sunset.
Nontoxic Shot Regulations: The possession of lead shot is prohibited for all waterfowl hunting, statewide. Nontoxic shot (steel, bismuth, or other Federally approved shot) is required for all waterfowl hunting. No shot smaller than no. 2 or larger than F shot is allowed for goose hunting.
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