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Public-land deer hunters have plenty of places to hunt, but getting away from the crowd is the first and foremost key to success.

Most deer hunters in South Carolina are searching for a trophy buck on private land, but for $30.50, many can purchase the right to gain access to more than a million acres of productive deer habitat. For a hunter with a Wildlife Management Area permit in hand, public-hunting opportunities are literally overflowing.

Virtually every county and established game zone in South Carolina has public land set aside for hunting. In fact, deer hunting is allowed on 89 individual WMAs, and eight wildlife refuges, and several other special-hunting opportunities are set aside for the public. Between the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, around 1.3 million acres — roughly seven percent of the state’s land cover — is available to the public. Click here to read more on Go Deep!