| Duration | Type of License | Price | Notes, Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Year | Freshwater Fishing License | $105.00 | Valid 3 years from date of purchase. |
| Annual | Freshwater Fishing License | $35.00 | Valid 1 year from date of purchase. |
| 14-day | Freshwater Fishing License | $11.00 | Valid 14 consecutive days. |
| Annual | Commercial Freshwater License | $1000.00 | Device quantity limits apply in freshwater bodies. See Nongame Areas and Limits. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Duration | Type of License | Price | Notes, Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | Jug Permit | $50.00 | 1 permit per licensee; allows up to 50 jugs subjective to body of water. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Set Hook Permit | $50.00 | 1 permit per licensee; allows up to 50 jugs subjective to body of water. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Eel Pot Tag* | $50.00 | Recreational limit 2 pots per licensee. Reporting Requirements apply. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Gill Net Tag* (Not for Shad or Herring) | $50.00 | Recreational limit 3 nets and no more than a total of 100 yards of net. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Hoop Net Tag* | $50.00 | Recreational limit 1 net per licensee 65 years and older on the Wateree River only. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Trap Tag* | $50.00 | Recreational limit 2 traps per licensee. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Trotline Tag* | $50.00 | 2 or more trotlines or fish trotlines with more than 50 hooks. Expires June 30, 2024. |
* Licensee must have the stamp or tag in possession before using this privilege. Fish tags must be secured to the nongame fishing device.
| Duration | Type of License | Price | Notes, Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | Saltwater Fishing License | $75.00 | Valid 1 year from date of purchase. |
| 7-day | Saltwater Fishing License | $35.00 | Valid 7 consecutive days. |
| 1-day | Saltwater Fishing License | $10.00 | Valid 1 day. |
| Season | Shrimp Baiting License & Tags* | $500.00 | Season dates apply, Shrimp Baiting License Application |
| Annual | Saltwater Public Fishing Pier | $150.00 | 100 feet or less in length, license has reporting requirements. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Saltwater Public Fishing Pier | $350.00 | More than 100 feet in length, license has reporting requirements. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Saltwater Charter Fishing Vessel | $550.00 | 6 or fewer paying passengers, license has reporting requirements. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Saltwater Charter Fishing Vessel | $900.00 | 7-49 paying passengers, license has reporting requirements. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Annual | Saltwater Charter Fishing Vessel | $1,300.00 | 50 or more paying passengers, license has reporting requirements. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Commercial Saltwater License and Gear Licenses: SCDNR License Office, P.O. Box 12559 Charleston, SC 29422-2559, 843-953-9301. | |||
* Licensee must have the stamp or tag in possession before using this privilege. Fish tags must be secured to the nongame fishing device.
| Duration | Type of License | Price | Notes, Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | State Hunting License | $125.00 | Hunting license, valid 1 year from date of purchase |
| 10 Day | State Hunting License | $75.00 | Basic hunting license, valid 10 consecutive days. |
| 3 Day | State Hunting License | $40.00 | Basic hunting license, valid 3 consecutive days. |
| 3 Day | Apprentice License (Small Game Only) | $50.00 | Hunting license applicants born after June 30, 1979 may purchase this license without having to complete a hunter education course. Valid 3 consecutive days |
| Annual | Big Game Permit | $100.00 | Required to hunt bear, deer or turkey, hunting license required. Valid 1 year from date of purchase. |
| Annual | Wildlife Management Area | $76.00 | Required to hunt on WMA lands, hunting license required. |
| Annual | Shooting Preserve Permit | $8.50 | For hunting specified released species only on licensed shooting preserves. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Season | Nonresident Alligator Hunting Fee | $200.00 | Required for all nonresidents 16 yrs of age or older who participate in any alligator management program, hunting license required. Must also possess an alligator harvest tag and permit or accompany another person that possesses an alligator tag and permit. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Season | Individual Antlerless Deer Tags* (Optional) | $10.00 | Maximum 4 tags per hunter, big game permit required, season dates apply, Antlerless Deer Tag Application. |
| Season | Unrestricted Antlered (Buck) Deer Tags* | $50.00 | Maximum 1 tag. Must purchase $50.00 tag before additional antlered (buck) tags may be purchased. No size restriction on buck. Hunting license and big game permit required. |
| Season | Unrestricted Antlered (Buck) Deer Tags* | $20.00 | Maximum 1 tag. Must purchase $50.00 tag before additional antlered (buck) tags may be purchased. No size restriction on buck. Hunting license and big game permit required. |
| Season | Restricted Antlered (Buck) Deer Tags* | $20.00 | Maximum 2 tags. $50.00 unrestricted tag required before these tags may be purchased. Restrictions of 4 pts on one side or 12" inside minimum spread. Hunting license and big game permit required. |
| Season | Bear Tag (Mountains/Game Zone 1 only) |
$100.00 | Required to take a bear in addition to the required hunting license and big game permit season dates apply, Bear Tag (Special application). Youth 15 years old or younger are required to obtain Youth Tags for bear from SCDNR designated offices at no cost. |
| Season | Migratory Bird Permit (HIP) | No Cost | Season dates apply, hunting license required. Expires June 30, 3. |
| Season | Migratory Waterfowl Permit (State Duck Stamp) |
$15.50 | Season dates apply, Migratory Bird Permit required, Federal Duck Stamp required. |
| Season | Federal Migratory Bird Hunting & Conservation Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp)* | $28.00 | Season dates apply, State Migratory Waterfowl Permit required to use in SC. The electronic federal duck stamp is valid for 45 days from date of purchase. Your stamp will be mailed within 45 days. If you do not receive your stamp call 803-734-4367. Price includes $1.50 processing fee for the USFW vendor. Available at select US Post Offices, by phone at 1-800-STAMP-24 (1-800-782-6724), online at www.duckstamp.com and SCDNR Offices. |
| Annual | Trapping and Commercial Fur Harvest License | $200.00 | Required to sell or trade furbearers taken during the hunting season, or to trap for sport, sale or trade during the trapping season. Required to possess 6 or more furbearers or their pelts. Hunting license required. License has reporting requirements. Expires June 30, 2024. |
| Season | Turkey Tags | $100.00 | Required in addition to hunting license and big game permit. Maximum 2 tags per hunter, per season. Available at DNR offices or by calling 803-734-4367. All hunters, including youth, are required to have turkey tags in possession while hunting for wild turkey. |
* Licensee must have the stamp or tag in possession before using this privilege. Federal Duck Stamps must be signed across the face and in the licensee's possession while hunting.
** Hunter education course certification is required for anyone born after June 30, 1979.
- No hunting or fishing license or permit required until person reaches age 16.
- All persons born after June 30, 1979 are required to complete a Hunter Education Course to purchase a hunting license.
- For information concerning Hunter Education please call 800-277-4301.
- Persons whose privileges are suspended are not eligible to apply, hold, or use DNR licenses, permits, stamps or tags.
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Social Security Number - The disclosure of your social security number or alien identification number is required to obtain SC hunting and fishing licenses. This complies with SC Code of Laws Section 63-14-1080 and Federal law 42 USCA 666(a)(13), which requires a licensing agency to provide this information to the Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Department of Social Services to establish, modify and enforce child support orders.
License in Possession - All licenses, permits, stamps and tags must be in possession of privilege holder while engaging in activities for which privilege documents were issued. Identification indicating name and address must also be in possession of privilege holder. Persons hunting on their own lands are required to have all applicable licenses, permits, stamps or tags in their possession.