South Carolina Quail Hunting
Lowcountry small game hunting opportunities
Numerous opportunities are available for hunters to harvest small game on over 281,000 acres of wildlife management area (WMA) land located in the Lowcountry counties of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester.- 23rd Annual Wild Quail Management Seminar scheduled for March 11-12, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2009
- DNR Small Game Project ranks top counties for quail - Nov. 06, 2008
- Preserve Fall, Winter Habitat for Quail, Rabbits - Sep. 05, 2008
- 20th Annual Wild Quail Management Seminars scheduled March 8-10, 2007 - Feb. 19, 2007
- Sign up to improve bird habitat with 'quail strips' - Oct. 16, 2006
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South Carolina Quail Hunting Information
South Carolina quail hunters should expect slightly improved numbers over 2008, and significantly improved numbers from 2007, thanks to consecutive years of normal temps and rainfall. Last year, hunters flushed an average of .58 coveys/hour. The Midlands region and Northern Coastal Plain region are far superior to the Piedmont and Southern Coastal Plain in terms of habitat conditions and bird populations, as they contain the majority of the state's row-crop agriculture and lands managed specifically for quail. The majority of the state's CRP Bobwhite Buffers acres (5,500 statewide) are also in these two regions. Public lands hunters should look for open-canopy pine woods which have undergone prescribed burns in the past 2-3 years. Wildlife Management Areas that offer reasonable opportunities for the public lands hunter include the Crackerneck WMA (Aiken Co.), Draper WMA (York Co.), Sandhills State Forest WMA (Chesterfield Co.), Manchester State Forest WMA (Sumter Co.), Canal WMA (Berkeley Co.) and Webb/Hamilton Ridge WMAs (Hampton Co.). The RENEW (Restoration and Enhancement of Native Ecosystems for Wildlife) Project on the Sumter National Forest and the Indian Creek Wildlife Habitat Restoration Initiative on the Enoree District of the Sumter National Forest represent significant improvements to habitat on public lands. On private lands, the South Carolina Restoring Native Grasses CRP SAFE looks to enroll 2,300 acres to increase early successional habitat in Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell Counties and start increasing the quail population there within three to five years. * Season Dates: November 23 thru March 1, 2010 * Daily Bag / Possession Limits: 12 (varies on certain WMAs – check regulations) / NA
