South Carolina Crossbow Hunting
South Carolina has a diverse geography that many crossbow hunters will find exciting and challenging. Game can be found in mountains, marshes, and estuaries. Crossbows may be used on private lands and WMA lands statewide during all archery, muzzleloader or gun seasons for deer, bear, and turkey. Check out South Carolina’s hunting rules and regulations listed below.
South Carolina Hunting Rules and Regulations
Defines archery as” a longbow, recurve bow, compound bow or crossbow. There are no restrictions on draw weight/length, arrow weight/length, or broad head weight, width, or style.
Senate Bill 530 (Passed June 17th, 2008)
Any South Carolina resident that is a member of the Armed Forces that is stationed outside of the state will be permitted to hunt and fish without a license upon presentation of official furlough or leave papers.
South Carolina Crossbow and Archery Hunting Seasons
Game Zone 1
Mountain Hunt Unit: Oconee, Pickens, & Greenville Counties
Game Zone 2
Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Cherokee, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lancaster, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union, York Counties & those portions of the Counties of Greenville, Oconee, & Pickens south of the Game Zone 1 line
Game Zone 3
Aiken, Lexington, & Richland Counties
Game Zone 4
Kershaw, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Dillon, Florence, Marion & Horry Counties
Game Zone 5
Sumter, Lee, Darlington, Clarendon, Williamsburg, & Georgetown Counties
Game Zone 6
Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper & Orangeburg Counties
