The primary entrance is at the end of County Rd S-45-637. Please press the map below for a precise pin to the gate.
The purpose of the Black River Hunt Club is to provide for the safe enjoyment, camaraderie, fellowship, recreation, and responsible hunting of the property located in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. The property is owned by the descendants of Fulton B. Creech III and John S. Creech.
The Club is intended to preserve the property, wildlife, and family hunting traditions for current and future generations. Members and guests are expected to treat the land, improvements, equipment, wildlife, and each other with respect at all times.
The members of the Club are the descendants of Fulton B. Creech III and their spouses, and the descendants of John S. Creech and their spouses.
Members have the privilege of using the properties of both families and the hunting stands located on those properties, subject to these rules.
A member’s privilege to hunt or use the other family’s property may be limited, suspended, or revoked for failure to follow these rules.
Guests are permitted only when invited by a member. No guest may be on the property unless the inviting member is also present on the property.
Each member is responsible for the conduct, safety, compliance, and harvests of his or her guests.
No person may guide, lease, sell, barter, or otherwise provide hunting access to the property for compensation without family approval.
Each member is expected to contribute time, effort, and resources in an amount reasonably proportionate to that member’s use of the property.
Members and guests shall conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the standards of sportsmanship, stewardship, and family respect established by Fulton Creech.
If you use something, put it back where it belongs.
If you use fuel, corn, seed, tools, stands, feeders, batteries, equipment, or supplies, replace them or make arrangements to reimburse the person who provided them.
Leave gates, roads, equipment, stands, sheds, camps, and cleaning areas in better condition than you found them.
No littering is permitted. Shells, bottles, cans, food wrappers, bait bags, boxes, and other trash must be removed.
Members should promptly report broken stands, unsafe conditions, damaged roads, fallen trees, injured wildlife, trespassers, or other property issues to the group.
All firearm, bow, ATV, boating, and hunting safety rules must be followed at all times.
All hunters must know their target and what is beyond it before shooting.
No loaded firearm should be carried in a vehicle, UTV, ATV, or around camp.
Drinking alcoholic beverages is prohibited before or during any hunt, target practice, or operation of a firearm, bow, ATV, UTV, tractor, boat, or other equipment.
The use of illegal drugs is prohibited at all times.
No target practice should occur during active hunting hours if other members are hunting nearby.
Orange or other safety gear must be worn whenever required by law or whenever reasonably necessary for safety.
Youth hunters must be supervised by an adult member and must hunt in a manner appropriate for their experience level.
Every member must notify the group when arriving on the property, even if the member believes no one else is there.
Every hunter must notify the group of his or her intended hunting location before hunting.
Every hunter must notify the group when leaving a stand, moving locations, tracking game, or leaving the property.
The Club may use a group text, OnX, HuntStand, or another agreed system to identify where hunters are located.
Safety comes first. No person should assume that he or she is alone on the property.
ATV and UTV riding should be avoided on hunting roads when other members are actively hunting.
Riding on the main road is generally unrestricted, but all riders should use caution and give deference to persons hunting near the main road, especially during morning and evening hunting hours.
Vehicles, ATVs, and UTVs must be operated at safe speeds, particularly near blind curves, intersections, stands, camp areas, and wet roads.
No vehicle, ATV, or UTV should be driven through planted fields, food plots, duck impoundments, or sensitive habitat areas unless necessary for maintenance or recovery of game.
Do not rut roads, tear up fields, or damage ditches, water control structures, feeders, stands, or crops.
All members and guests are responsible for complying with all SCDNR rules, licenses, permits, season dates, bag limits, weapon restrictions, tagging requirements, reporting requirements, and harvest restrictions.
Club rules are intended to supplement SCDNR rules. If SCDNR rules are stricter, SCDNR rules control.
All deer, turkey, ducks, doves, and other game must be harvested only during the applicable legal season and in accordance with all applicable limits.
All deer and turkey harvests must be tagged and reported as required by SCDNR. SCDNR currently requires all big game harvests, including deer and turkey, to be electronically reported no later than midnight on the day of harvest.
A copy, screenshot, or confirmation number for any required SCDNR harvest report should be provided to the group or recorded in the Club log.
Any game requiring tags, including deer and turkey, must be tagged before being moved from the point of kill, if required by SCDNR.
Family members shall have priority over guests in selecting hunting locations.
Unless otherwise agreed, when multiple individuals are on the property, hunting locations shall be selected in the following order:
a. A member who has baited, prepared, maintained, planted, brushed, or materially contributed to a stand or hunting area for the season has first priority to hunt that area.
b. For stands or areas not reserved under the above rule, the member of the family whose property contains the stand or hunting area has priority.
c. Remaining stands and locations are first-come, first-served.
Corn, bait, mineral, batteries, and other stand supplies are personal expenses unless otherwise agreed.
A member may bait a Club stand and reserve it for personal use for up to two weeks, provided that the member gives notice to the group.
Personal bow stands, lock-ons, climbers, ground blinds, and similar setups are private and may be used exclusively by the member who placed them, unless that member gives permission.
No person should hunt a baited or maintained area that another member has clearly prepared without first asking that member.
Baiting priority applies to deer and hog hunting only. No person may bait or hunt over bait for turkey or waterfowl. South Carolina allows deer baiting on private land, but turkey and waterfowl have separate baiting restrictions.
The Club should be treated as a trophy deer property, not a tag-filling property.
Any buck taken by a member or guest should have at least eight points and a rack extending outside the ears.
An exception may be made for a first-time juvenile hunter.
Members and guests are encouraged to harvest adult does within the limits established by SCDNR and the Club’s management goals.
Care should be taken not to shoot button bucks.
All deer must be tagged at the point of kill and recorded in the Club log at one of the skinning sheds.
The hunter must also complete any required SCDNR electronic harvest reporting by midnight on the day of harvest.
Deer season dates, limits, and allowable methods must be checked annually. For reference, Williamsburg County is in Game Zone 4.
No hunter should shoot across roads, toward camps, toward buildings, toward other stands, or in any direction where another person may be present.
Any wounded deer should be pursued carefully and ethically. The hunter should notify the group before tracking, especially if crossing into another member’s intended hunting area.
The Club should be treated as a trophy turkey property. The goal is to protect the long-term health of the turkey population and maintain the quality of the property for future generations.
Family members have first priority over guests for turkey hunting locations.
Because turkey season is short, no member may claim an exclusive weekend for turkey hunting.
Guests are limited to one mature gobbler per season, unless otherwise approved by the family.
No jakes may be harvested by any member or guest.
Any guest who kills a turkey with a beard under eight inches may be required to pay a $150 contribution to the Club’s wildlife improvement fund, unless the family determines that special circumstances apply.
No turkey may be hunted over bait or in a baited area. Deer corn, feed, or other bait must be removed from turkey hunting areas before turkey season as required by law.
Turkey hunters must have all required licenses, permits, and turkey tags. SCDNR requires turkey tags even for hunters younger than 16 and for callers or guides, subject to youth-day exceptions.
All harvested turkeys must be tagged and reported as required by SCDNR.
Legal weapons, calling methods, decoy use, shooting hours, and all other turkey hunting methods must comply with SCDNR rules.
Hunters should avoid over-pressuring the same gobblers, roost areas, and fields. When practical, members should rotate areas and avoid unnecessary disturbance.
No person should intentionally interfere with another hunter’s setup, calling, roosted bird, or known turkey hunting location.
Duck and waterfowl hunting must comply with all applicable federal and South Carolina migratory bird rules.
All hunters must have the required licenses, permits, stamps, and HIP registration, including any required South Carolina Migratory Waterfowl Permit and Federal Duck Stamp.
Waterfowl may not be hunted over bait or in a baited area. Waterfowl baiting rules are stricter than deer baiting rules, and baiting for deer does not make it legal to hunt ducks nearby.
Lead shot is prohibited for waterfowl hunting. Only approved non-toxic shot may be used.
Waterfowl shooting hours are generally one-half hour before sunrise until sunset, except where otherwise provided by applicable regulations.
Hunters must follow all current daily bag limits and species restrictions.
No one may manipulate crops, scatter feed, or otherwise create a baited waterfowl area.
Boats, blinds, decoys, and water-control structures should be used carefully and returned to proper condition after each hunt.
Duck holes, impoundments, blinds, and waterfowl areas should be coordinated in advance so that members do not interfere with each other’s hunts.
A member who planted, pumped, brushed, maintained, or materially contributed to a duck hole or blind has first priority to hunt that location, subject to family coordination and safety.
All deer and turkey harvests must be recorded in the Club log.
The log should include the hunter’s name, guest name if applicable, date, stand or area, species, sex, approximate weight, antler or beard information, tag number if applicable, and SCDNR confirmation number if required.
Skinning sheds must be cleaned after use.
Hides, carcasses, bones, feathers, and waste must be disposed of properly (e.g. the "gut pit").
Knives, gambrels, hoses, tables, lights, and other equipment should be cleaned and returned after use.
Members are encouraged to assist with feeders, food plots, predator control, road maintenance, stand maintenance, planting, mowing, duck holes, and other property improvement projects.
Members should avoid unnecessary pressure on deer, turkeys, ducks, and other game.
The Club’s goal is to improve the property and wildlife resource over time, not simply maximize short-term harvest.
A member or guest who violates these rules may lose hunting privileges, guest privileges, stand priority, or access to certain portions of the property.
The family may impose fines or require reimbursement for damage, unsafe conduct, illegal harvests, improper use of equipment, or failure to clean up.
Any violation of SCDNR rules is grounds for immediate suspension of Club privileges.
Repeated disrespect, unsafe conduct, or abuse of the property may result in long-term or permanent loss of privileges.
The purpose of enforcement is not punishment, but preservation of the property, safety, wildlife, and family relationships.