Clarendon County, South Carolina
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Waterfowl
- Group
- Lowcountry & Pee Dee
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 4,357
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Wild Turkey, Waterfowl also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedClarendon County sits at the heart of South Carolina's Santee Cooper lake system, where Lake Marion and its bordering swamps provide exceptional whitetail and waterfowl habitat in equal measure. Bottomland hardwood swamps like Sparkleberry support mature bucks that take advantage of dense, swampy terrain, while the lake's shallow coves and adjacent impoundments concentrate migrating ducks through the winter. The county offers a genuine wilderness feel uncommon in the state's middle tier.
Upper Coastal Plain with flat to gently rolling topography, extensive bottomland swamps, Carolina bays, and the impounded waters of Lake Marion. Agricultural fields of corn, soybeans, and cotton border swampy timber tracts.
Moderate; waterfowl hunting concentrates seasonal pressure on public impoundments around Lake Marion.
Over-the-counter statewide.
Lake Marion and adjacent wetlands create significant waterfowl habitat for migrating ducks and geese. Bottomland swamp deer hunting in Sparkleberry Swamp and similar areas produces mature bucks.
Lake Marion waterfowl hunting and Sparkleberry Swamp bottomland deer hunting define the county as a dual-species destination rarely matched in the Midlands.
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Clarendon County— or drop a tip or trick: access points, where game holds, glassing spots, conditions, crowding, gear that worked. This is where the unit's species-specific intel gets built, hunter by hunter.
Nothing posted yet about Clarendon County.
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Boundaries: SCDNR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.