Bears Bluff NFH
Charleston County, SC
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
State guide · 2026–2027 season
South Carolina Wildlife Refuge Hunting
South Carolina has 10 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 7 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Carolina Sandhills NWR (45.1K ac), Waccamaw NWR (33.6K ac) and Savannah NWR (29.8K ac).
10refuges & stations
48hunt units
143Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in South Carolina
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South Carolina by the numbers
- Special regulations142,738 ac 87%
- Closed22,014 ac 13%
All refuges & stations in South Carolina
Cape Romain NWR
Charleston County, SC
!2 special✕1 closed
🦌🕊️🐇🎣
27.1K huntable acres
Carolina Sandhills NWR
Chesterfield County, SC
!5 special✕3 closed
🦌🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
45.1K huntable acres
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin NWR
Charleston County, SC
!7 special✕4 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐗🎣
7.9K huntable acres
Orangeburg NFH
Orangeburg County, SC
✕1 closed
🎣
Pinckney Island NWR
Beaufort County, SC
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🎣
2.4K huntable acres
Santee NWR
Clarendon County, SC
!4 special✕2 closed
🦌🐇🐗🎣
12K huntable acres
Savannah NWR
Jasper County, SC
!9 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🕊️🐇🐗🎣
29.8K huntable acres
Tybee NWR
SC
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Waccamaw NWR
Georgetown County, SC
!6 special✕3 closed
🦌🦆🦃🕊️🐇🐗🎣
33.6K huntable acres
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Beaufort County 2 refuges
- Charleston County 3 refuges
- Chesterfield County 1 refuge
- Clarendon County 1 refuge
- Colleton County 1 refuge
- Georgetown County 1 refuge
- Hampton County 1 refuge
- Horry County 1 refuge
- Jasper County 1 refuge
- Orangeburg County 1 refuge
Hunting in South Carolina: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow South Carolina seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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