● Ranked from real South Carolina data · 2024-25 season
Most huntable public land: counties in South Carolina
South Carolina counties with the largest share of HUNTABLE public land — state game lands/WMAs, national forest and state/county forest you can hunt without knocking on doors. Parks and permit-only refuges are excluded.
#1Berkeley Countypublic land you can walk on28.4% public→#2McCormick Countypublic land you can walk on25.4% public→#3Oconee Countypublic land you can walk on25.2% public→#4Union Countypublic land you can walk on19.6% public→#5Newberry Countypublic land you can walk on16% public→#6Charleston Countypublic land you can walk on14.4% public→#7Pickens Countypublic land you can walk on14.3% public→#8Marion Countypublic land you can walk on12.2% public→#9Chesterfield Countypublic land you can walk on10.7% public→#10Edgefield Countypublic land you can walk on10.3% public→#11Abbeville Countypublic land you can walk on9.7% public→#12Hampton Countypublic land you can walk on8.4% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by huntable public land as a share of the county: state wildlife-agency game lands/WMAs + USGS PAD-US national/state/county forest, unioned and intersected with the Census county boundary in an equal-area projection. National & state parks, military and permit-only refuges are excluded.
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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