● Ranked from real South Carolina data · 2024-25 season
Best counties to lease or own hunting land in South Carolina
South Carolina counties where private hunting access is worth the most — strong deer harvest AND very little public land, so a hunter has real demand and nowhere free to go. If you own ground here, this is what it's worth.
#1Orangeburg County10,976 deer · 0.6% public0.6% public→#2Anderson County7,773 deer · 1.3% public1.3% public→#3Williamsburg County7,440 deer · 2.1% public2.1% public→#4Spartanburg County7,040 deer · 0.3% public0.3% public→#5Colleton County6,136 deer · 4.6% public4.6% public→#6Aiken County5,734 deer · 2% public2% public→#7Laurens County5,891 deer · 5.5% public5.5% public→#8Florence County5,458 deer · 0.5% public0.5% public→#9Kershaw County5,103 deer · 1.8% public1.8% public→#10York County4,727 deer · 0.9% public0.9% public→#11Hampton County5,110 deer · 8.4% public8.4% public→#12Greenville County4,711 deer · 2.9% public2.9% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by opportunity = reported deer harvest (normalized) × private-land scarcity (1 − huntable public %). Strong harvest with little public land ranks highest. A relative guide from public data, not an appraisal.
Data year: 2024-25 season. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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