I can't tell you where to hunt in SC, but you want farm fields, not woods where you would hunt for deer. some water close by and harvested grain fields if possible. but, you want a shotgun with a fairly open choke, modified would be good. Low base 7 1/2 or 8s, doves do not take a lot of killing. You want a large pattern with no holes in it, dove shooting is fairly close in.