Wildlife Management Areas
Last Updated: August 7, 2026
WMA Program
Through the cooperative effort of private landowners, the U. S. Forest Service and SCDNR, Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are provided for the enjoyment of all wildlife enthusiasts. Funds generated from the sale of WMA permits enable SCDNR to lease approximately 1.1 million acres of land for wildlife conservation and management.
Heritage Preserves are properties acquired by SCDNR for the primary purpose of protecting habitat for rare and endangered species. Some heritage preserves offer game hunting opportunities and are included in the WMA Program. All persons using WMA lands are reminded that only US Forest Service lands and those areas marked by WMA signs are open to the public. Lands not posted with these signs are the property of private individuals, and landowner permission must be obtained.
General locations of the areas described below are shown on the map. For detailed maps showing these and other WMA lands, write WMA MAPS, SCDNR, P.O. Box 167, Columbia, SC, 29202, call (803) 734-3886 or visit www.dnr.sc.gov/wma/maps.html. Reference map # from chart below.
WMA properties should be marked with these yellow and black signs.
South Carolina Wildlife Management Area Properties |
Open dates for each season are listed in the Hunt Seasons section. Note: * indicates an SCDNR Property. |
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Wildlife Management Area |
Acreage |
Map # |
County |
Telephone |
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve* |
2,082 |
3 |
Aiken |
|
Bear Island* |
12,153 |
10 |
Colleton |
|
Belfast* |
4,664 |
4 |
Laurens, Newberry |
|
Bobwhite Hills |
790 |
7 |
Lee, Sumter |
|
Bonneau Ferry* |
10,712 |
9 |
Berkeley |
|
Botany Bay Plantation |
4,687 |
10 |
Charleston |
|
Broad River Waterfowl Area |
640 |
4 |
Fairfield |
|
Canal |
2,491 |
9 |
Berkeley |
|
Cartwheel Bay Heritage Preserve* |
568 |
8 |
Horry |
|
Central Piedmont Hunt Unit |
183,706 |
4, 5, 6 |
Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg, Union, York |
|
Coosawhatchie* |
12,168 |
10 |
Jasper |
|
Crackerneck |
10,600 |
3 |
Aiken |
|
Delta South |
2,174 |
4, 5 |
Union |
|
Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve* |
285 |
3 |
Aiken, Barnwell |
|
Donnelley* |
8,066 |
10 |
Colleton |
|
Draper* |
806 |
5 |
York |
|
Dungannon Heritage Preserve* |
730 |
9, 10 |
Charleston |
|
Edisto River* |
1,394 |
10 |
Dorchester |
|
Fants Grove |
7,444 |
1, 2 |
Anderson, Oconee, Pickens |
|
Forty Acre Rock* |
2,965 |
4 |
Lancaster |
|
Francis Marion National Forest |
260,480 |
9, 10 |
Berkeley, Charleston |
|
Great Pee Dee Heritage Preserve* |
2,725 |
6, 7 |
Darlington |
|
Hamilton Ridge* |
13, 281 |
10 |
Hampton |
|
Hatchery |
2,400 |
9 |
Berkeley |
|
Henderson Heritage Preserve* |
453 |
3 |
Aiken |
|
Hickory Top |
1,105 |
7 |
Clarendon |
|
Keowee |
4,930 |
1, 2 |
Pickens, Oconee |
|
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve* |
10,450 |
8 |
Horry |
|
Liberty Hill |
7,876 |
4 |
Kershaw, Lancaster |
|
Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve* Complex |
10,444 |
8 |
Horry, Marion |
|
Longleaf Pine Heritage Preserve* |
843 |
7 |
Lee |
|
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve* |
291 |
7 |
Lee |
|
Manchester State Forest |
23,135 |
7 |
Sumter |
|
Marsh* |
8,660 |
8 |
Marion |
|
McBee* |
1,221 |
6 |
Chesterfield |
|
McCalla |
5,667 |
2 |
Abbeville |
|
Meyer Lake Heritage Preserve* |
973 |
10 |
Jasper |
|
Mill Shoals |
774 |
1 |
Pickens |
|
Moultrie Hunt Unit |
9,773 |
9 |
Berkeley |
|
Mountain Hunt Unit |
154,249 |
1 |
Greenville, Oconee, Pickens |
|
Oak Lea |
2,000 |
7 |
Clarendon |
|
Old Island Heritage Preserve* |
400 |
10 |
Beaufort |
|
Palachucola* |
6,757 |
10 |
Hampton, Jasper |
|
Parr Hydroelectric Project |
4,400 |
4, 5 |
Fairfield, Newberry |
|
Pee Dee Station Site |
2,701 |
8 |
Florence |
|
Rock Hill Blackjacks Heritage Preserve* |
291 |
5 |
York |
|
Samworth* |
1,588 |
9 |
Georgetown |
|
Sand Hills State Forest |
46,838 |
5, 6, 7 |
Chesterfield, Darlington |
|
Santee Coastal* |
23,776 |
9, 10 |
Charleston, Georgetown |
|
Santee Cooper |
3,144 |
7 |
Orangeburg |
|
Santee Dam |
575 |
7 |
Clarendon |
|
Santee Delta* |
1,899 |
9 |
Georgetown |
|
Santee Island |
1,861 |
9 |
Georgetown |
|
South Fenwick |
427 |
10 |
Colleton |
|
South Saluda |
1,090 |
1 |
Pickens |
|
St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve* |
10,302 |
10 |
Beaufort |
|
Tillman Sand Ridge Heritage Preserve* |
1,437 |
10 |
Jasper |
|
Turtle Island* |
1,667 |
10 |
Jasper |
|
Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve* |
1,113 |
10 |
Beaufort |
|
Waccamaw River Heritage Preserve* |
9,049 |
8 |
Horry |
|
Wateree River Heritage Preserve |
3,674 |
7 |
Richland |
|
Webb* |
5,866 |
10 |
Hampton |
|
Wee Tee |
12,439 |
9, 10 |
Williamsburg, Georgetown |
|
Western Piedmont Hunt Unit |
146,561 |
2, 3, 4 |
Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Saluda |
|
Woodbury* |
25,668 |
8 |
Marion |
|
Worth Mountain |
1,643 |
5 |
York |
|
Thanks to Landowners
Landowners providing their land for public hunting and recreation are due much appreciation from SCDNR and all outdoor enthusiasts. Without these lands, public hunting as provided in this state would be impossible. Sportsmen seeing the yellow and black diamond-shaped signs designating WMA boundaries should remember they are hunting as guests of the landowner and be respectful of this privilege.
U.S. Forest Service: 636,681
S.C. Department of Natural Resources: 249,563
S.C. Forestry Commission: 98,483
S.C. Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper): 23,786
Clemson University: 11,265
U.S. Department of Energy - Crackerneck WMA: 10,600
American Forest Management: 9,329
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: 8,971
S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism: 8,529
Duke Energy Carolinas: 7,443
Dominion Energy: 5,187
Nuveen Natural Capital: 4,580
Twin Creeks Timber: 3,682
Naturaland Trust: 4,030
BTG Pactual OEF Property 2, L.P.: 3,917
The George Family: 1,928
Springland, Inc.: 1,856
York County: 1,643
Ann Bass: 1,587
Potlatch Deltic: 1,075
S.C. Conf. Bd. of Camps & Retreats: 1,060
Timber-Lands L.P.: 1,044
Quail Forever: 774
Vandiviere Properties LLC: 655
Thomas Heirs LLC: 594
The Nature Conservancy - Nine Times: 560
Waterfront Preservation Foundation: 491
Ingram Lumber Co.: 490
City of Clinton: 276
The Brown Family Limited Partnership: 205
Zimmerman Land LLC: 188
William & Joab Lesesne: 92
TOTAL ACRES: 1,101,578
