[Text of section effective until July 1, 2007; for text of section effective from and after that date, see infra.]

1. (1) the first zone shall be comprised of those portions of the counties of Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens which lie north and northwest of the main line of the Norfolk-Southern railroad track;
2. (2) the second zone shall be comprised of the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda, and those portions of the counties of Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens which lie south and southeast of the main line of the Norfolk-Southern railroad track;
3. (3) The third zone shall comprise the counties of Aiken, Lexington, and Richland;
4. (4) The fourth zone shall comprise the counties of Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Spartanburg, Union and York;
5. (5) The fifth zone shall comprise the counties of Chesterfield, Kershaw and Marlboro;
6. (6) The sixth zone shall comprise the counties of Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Calhoun, and Orangeburg;
7. (7) The seventh zone shall comprise the counties of Dillon and Horry;
8. (8) The eighth zone shall comprise the counties of Darlington, Lee and Sumter;
9. (9) The ninth zone shall comprise the counties of Clarendon, Georgetown and Williamsburg;
10. (10) The tenth zone shall comprise the counties of Florence and Marion;

11. (11) The eleventh zone shall comprise the counties of Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper.

    1. (1) Game Zone 1 consists of all properties north of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad from the Georgia state line to South Carolina Highway 183 in Westminster, then north of South Carolina Highway 183 to intersection of South Carolina Highway 183 and the Norfolk Southern Railroad main line in Greenville and then north of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad to the Spartanburg County Line.
    2. (2) Game Zone 2 consists of the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Cherokee, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lancaster, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union, York; and those portions of the counties of Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens south of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad from the Georgia state line to South Carolina Highway 183 in Westminster, then south of South Carolina Highway 183 to the intersection of South Carolina Highway 183 and the Norfolk Southern Railroad main line in Greenville and then south of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad to the Spartanburg County Line.
    3. (3) Game Zone 3 consists of the counties of Aiken, Lexington, and Richland.
    4. (4) Game Zone 4 consists of the counties of Chesterfield, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Kershaw, Marion, and Marlboro.
    5. (5) Game Zone 5 consists of the counties of Clarendon, Darlington, Georgetown, Lee, Sumter, and Williamsburg.
    6. (6) Game Zone 6 consists of the counties of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Orangeburg, and Jasper.

    [Effective July 1, 2007; for text of section effective until that date, see supra.]

    For the purpose of protection and management of wildlife, the State is divided into six zones:

The State is divided for the purpose of game into eleven zones: