2,200-Acre Wildlife Preserve
The Interlaken Wildlife Center is a 2,200-acre hunting and wildlife preserve located one mile north of Cameron, South Carolina, in Calhoun County. The property is located eight miles east of Orangeburg and Interstate 26 and forty-eight miles south of Columbia. It includes a mixture of ponds, agricultural fields, and beautiful mature pinewoods with clear understory–classic bobwhite quail shooting habitat. Four Hole Swamp, a small blackwater tributary of the Edisto River, begins on and runs through the middle of the Interlaken property as it flows seventy-five miles south to the Edisto. The Interlaken property has been privately managed for wildlife for more than forty years. Abundant wildlife include bobwhite quail, ducks, dove, whitetail deer, wild turkeys, and fox squirrels.
“Thanks to the dedication of Gary and Carolyn Dietrich, the Interlaken Wildlife Foundation will play a major role in passing on our Outdoor Heritage to the next generation.”
“As a lifelong South Carolina upland bird hunter, I have attended dove hunts at Interlaken Plantation in the past and bird hunted there last season. The place is a classic quail hunting property with big scattered pines and open woods. Its beauty, spirit, and sense of place make a lasting and refreshing impression.”
“As someone who grew up bird hunting with Richard Rankin at the Quail Roost Hunt Club in Clarendon County, South Carolina, I am excited to be part of a new chapter in Rankin’s quail hunting life as he directs the Interlaken Wildlife Center. The center has all the ingredients to be a fabulous bird hunting destination. I know because I have already started hunting there.”