As publishedNov 26, 2026 – Mar 1, 2027
Game Zone 1 only (SC's Blue Ridge/mountain counties) — grouse are not present/hunted elsewhere in the state. Private land and WMA seasons are identical.
SCDNR runs no discrete annual grouse population report; monitoring is via a continuous Survey123 citizen-science reporting app (GPS-tagged sighting/hearing reports, active since March 2019) rather than a dated survey document. Active monitoring confirmed, but there is no annual index or report to publish -- classified not_yet_published on that basis rather than no_program, since a real (if informal) monitoring channel exists.