South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Wildlife Management Areas - Game Zones 1 - 6

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Game Zones & WMAs

South Carolina is divided into six game zones, as defined on the map to the right.

DNR sets and regulates the methods of harvest, bag limits and other requirements for hunting on Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) and for deer on private lands within game zones 1 & 2 . This area encompasses the upstate counties and includes the Mountain, Central and Western Piedmont hunt units.

The SC General Assembly establishes seasons, limits and methods for private land in all of the other game zones (3-6) which encompass the midlands and lower coastal counties. DNR regulates WMA lands within these counties and is responsible for law enforcement statewide.

The Game Zone map above is in the Adobe PDF file format. Adobe® Reader® is required to open the files and is available as a free download from the Adobe® Web site. Most file sizes are less than 3M.

Game Zone 1*	Game Zone 2**	Game Zone 3	Game Zone 4	Game Zone 5	Game Zone 6
Greenville	Abbeville	Aiken	Chesterfield	Clarendon	Allendale
Oconee	Anderson	Lexington	Dillon	Darlington	Bamberg
Pickens	Cherokee	Richland	Florence	Georgetown	Barnwell
	Chester		Horry	Lee	Beaufort
	Edgefield		Kershaw	Sumter	Berkeley
	Fairfield		Marion	Williamsburg	Calhoun
	Greenwood		Marlboro		Charleston
	Lancaster				Colleton
	Laurens				Dorchester
	McCormick				Hampton
	Newberry				Jasper
	Saluda				Orangeburg
	Spartanburg
	Union
	York
	Oconee, Pickens & Greenville **

*Game Zone 1 consists of all properties north of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad from the Georgia State line to South Carolina Hwy 183 in Westminister, then north of SC Hwy 183 to intersection of SC Hwy 183 and the Norfolk So. Railroad main line in Greenville and then north of the mainline of the Norfolk So. Railroad to the Spartanburg County line.

**Oconee, Pickens and Greenville Counties south of Norfolk Southern Railroad - Only.