| South Carolina is one of the most popular places in | | | | rather vicious and formidable South Carolina wild boar. |
| North America to go hunting, and the reasons why | | | | Or you can head toward drier woodlands like those |
| South Carolina is a great place to hunt are many. For | | | | farther inland where much of the state's cotton, |
| one thing, South Carolina is a rather diversified state | | | | corn, and tobacco crops are grown. There you will |
| in terms of its natural habitats for game and wildlife. | | | | find many hunters and guides who prefer to stalk |
| Within its borders there are more than 31,000 square | | | | coveys of quail, doves, rabbits, and other prey |
| miles of land that includes mountainous areas, | | | | common to those areas where there are dry |
| wooded flatlands, swamps, and marshy coastal | | | | meadows skirted by piney woods. There are also |
| regions. Native animals and birds include bears, | | | | many ponds in those same places where ducks and |
| coyotes, foxes, raccoons, deer, boar, turkey, duck, | | | | geese can be hunted during duck hunting season, and |
| goose, quail, dove, and grouse. | | | | many hunters prefer to go hunting for that kind of |
| Plus the climate in the Palmetto State is mild, with | | | | winged game by boat. Of course if you like to fish |
| short winters and long growing seasons. That means | | | | you can use the same boat to fish for bass and |
| that the wildlife in the state of South Carolina has a | | | | other delicious fish, and South Carolina offers some |
| longer window of opportunity for feeding, which | | | | of the best fresh water and saltwater fishing in the |
| makes for a healthier and more populated selection | | | | country. |
| of wild game. You can even hunt for more exotic | | | | To learn more about what kinds of hunting the state |
| prey such as rattlesnake, crocodile, and alligator while | | | | of South Carolina offers - or where to find |
| in South Carolina. Alligators as long as 13 feet have | | | | experienced local hunting guides or tracts of land that |
| been found within the South Carolina swamps, and a | | | | are available for sport hunting - just contact the |
| 6-foot crocodile washed up in the surf along the | | | | South Carolina Wildlife Commission or state tourism |
| coast of South Carolina not too long ago - after | | | | department. With so many reasons to go hunting in |
| what wildlife experts believe was the crocodile's | | | | South Carolina, hunting has become a major pastime |
| migration up the coast from Florida. | | | | for tourists and visitors to the Palmetto State as well |
| Hunters who are interested in tracking deer in South | | | | as for local residents and natives of S.C. Plan a trip to |
| Carolina find many happy hunting grounds, both for | | | | South Carolina when hunting season is in full swing |
| sportsmen who prefer firearms as well as for those | | | | and you are sure to be rewarded with lots of great |
| who hunt with a bow and arrow or a crossbow. | | | | hunting for whatever kind of animals, birds, and other |
| Within the rice fields and other watery areas of | | | | prey the state offers that you enjoy tracking and |
| South Carolina farmland it is possible to hunt for | | | | hunting. |
| waterfowl, alligator, various kinds of birds, and the | | | | |