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Section
50-11-10
Adoption of Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act; prohibitions concerning hunting of waterfowl; penalties.
Section
50-11-15
Baiting prohibited in area over which migratory birds are hunted; penalties;.
Section
50-11-20
Repealed.
Section
50-11-22
Harming actively nesting waterfowl or disturbing nest or nest box; penalties.
Section
50-11-24
Hunting migratory fowl in Gills Creek watershed in Lancaster County without permission; penalties.
Section
50-11-25
Prohibition on taking migratory waterfowl from certain blinds or positions; construction and use of blinds; penalties.
Section
50-11-26
Hunting migratory waterfowl on Bear Creek in Lancaster County without permission; penalties.
Section
50-11-27
Hunting and baiting on Lake Murray; violations and penalties.
Section
50-11-28
Unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Greenwood; penalties.
Section
50-11-29
Unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Wateree; penalties.
Section
50-11-30
Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.
Section
50-11-31
Hunting near dwelling or marina on Potato and Wyboo Creeks prohibited; baiting prohibited; penalties.
Section
50-11-32
Hunting waterfowl on Lake Marion; penalty.
Section
50-11-33
Hunting migratory waterfowl on portions of Lake Marion; penalties.
Section
50-11-34
Hunting migratory waterfowl on portions of Lake Marion; penalty; markers.
Section
50-11-35
Hunting migratory fowl in Murrell's Inlet Creek.
Section
50-11-36
Hunting migratory waterfowl on Lake Keowee.
Section
50-11-37
Hunting migratory waterfowl on Broadway Lake.
Section
50-11-38
Hunting migratory waterfowl on Lake Moultrie.
Section
50-11-40
Use of recorded sounds or amplified imitations of calls or sounds prohibited; exemptions; penalties.
Section
50-11-45
Certain rifle defined as primitive weapon.
Section
50-11-65
Training of bird dogs.
Section
50-11-95
Computer-assisted remote hunting and remote hunting facilities; penalties; exceptions.
Section
50-11-96
Introduction of fertility control agents into wildlife; exceptions; penalties.
Section
50-11-100
Enclosure impeding free range of deer being hunted; construction unlawful; registration of existing enclosures; expansion of registered enclosures; penalties.
Section
50-11-105
Wildlife disease control; regulation of wildlife shipments; euthanasia.
Section
50-11-110
Small game defined.
Section
50-11-120
Small game seasons.
Section
50-11-140
Taking raccoons, opossums, squirrels, or fox during period they can be hunted without weapons.
Section
50-11-150
Small game bag limits.
Section
50-11-160
Unlawful to trap rabbits; exceptions.
Section
50-11-170
Repealed by 2008 Act. No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.
Section
50-11-180
Trapping or snaring of quail prohibited; exceptions; requests for quail trapping permits; requirements.
Section
50-11-300
Species constituting big game.
Section
50-11-310
Open season for antlered deer.
Section
50-11-315
Bag limit for antlered deer taken with individual antlered deer tags; bag limit for deer taken on property with a Deer Quota Program; penalties.
Section
50-11-320
Issuance of tags for hunting and taking deer; penalties.
Section
50-11-335
Repealed.
Section
50-11-340
Penalty for hunting deer during closed season.
Section
50-11-350
Illegally taking deer; penalty.
Section
50-11-355
Hunting deer near residences with firearm; penalties.
Section
50-11-356
Discharging weapon near poultry layer or broiler house prohibited; penalties.
Section
50-11-360
Taking or attempting to take elk; penalty.
Section
50-11-365
Wearing of international orange while on Wildlife Management Area lands.
Section
50-11-380
Repealed by 2010 Act No. 211, Section 5, eff June 8, 2010.
Section
50-11-390
Departmental authority over game zones.
Section
50-11-400
Unlawful to possess deer with head detached when in transit from woods, swamps, fields, or roads; penalties.
Section
50-11-410
Antlerless deer defined; unlawful to hunt, kill, take, or possess antlerless deer; exceptions; penalties.
Section
50-11-420
Penalty for possession of recently killed venison or fresh deerskin during closed season.
Section
50-11-430
Bear hunting; unlawful acts; penalties.
Section
50-11-435
Weight restriction on bear taken; penalties.
Section
50-11-440
Black bears; feeding or enticing with food; penalty.
Section
50-11-500
Provisions applicable to wild turkey.
Section
50-11-510
Prohibition against baiting wild turkeys; definitions.
Section
50-11-515
Use of wild turkey feathers in art.
Section
50-11-520
Repealed.
Section
50-11-525
Authority to promulgate regulations.
Section
50-11-530
Authority to promulgate emergency regulations relating to harvest of wild turkeys in game zones.
Section
50-11-540
Penalties for violating rules applicable to wild turkey hunting; forfeiture of hunting and fishing privileges.
Section
50-11-544
Wild turkey tags.
Section
50-11-546
Electronic harvest reporting system.
Section
50-11-550
Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.
Section
50-11-565
Archery equipment defined.
Section
50-11-580
Season for hunting and taking male wild turkey; bag limits; taking female wild turkey; annual report.
Section
50-11-590
Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend.
Section
50-11-600
Falconry; unlawful acts; penalties; regulations.
Section
50-11-700
Definitions.
Section
50-11-705
Night hunting prohibited; exceptions; hunting of deer, bear, or turkey; penalties; use of artificial lights at night.
Section
50-11-708
Repealed.
Section
50-11-710
Night hunting prohibited; exceptions; hunting of raccoons, opossums, foxes, minks, or skunks; penalties.
Section
50-11-715
Night hunting prohibited; exceptions; hunting of feral hogs, coyotes, or armadillos; penalties.
Section
50-11-717
Use of artificial lights at night; exceptions.
Section
50-11-720
Repealed.
Section
50-11-730
Unlawful to hunt, shoot, or kill deer from a water conveyance; penalties.
Section
50-11-740
Confiscation, forfeiture, and sale of property used in hunting of deer, bear, or turkey at night; procedures.
Section
50-11-745
Releasing confiscated property to innocent owner or lienholder; failure to recover property.
Section
50-11-750
Unlawful to feed or entice with food any alligator; exceptions; penalties.
Section
50-11-760
Hunting from certain public roads and railroad rights-of-way prohibited; definitions; penalties.
Section
50-11-770
Unpermitted hunting with use of a dog on property without hunting rights; dog not to be harmed; penalties; suspension of hunting privileges; exceptions.
Section
50-11-780
Dogs engaged in hunting not required to be constrained by leash.
Section
50-11-810
Game birds for which no specific open season is designated are protected; department authorized to regulate taking of exotic game birds; penalties.
Section
50-11-820
Unlawful to kill, catch, have in possession, or offer or expose for sale resident or migratory wild bird; exception.
Section
50-11-830
Unlawful to sell or have in possession for sale plumage, skin, or body of protected bird.
Section
50-11-840
Destroying active wild bird nest or eggs; permit for removal.
Section
50-11-850
Unlawful to transport resident or migratory wild nongame bird; exceptions.
Section
50-11-851
Shooting, killing, or maiming of "carrier pigeon" prohibited; penalties.
Section
50-11-852
Unlawful to molest or kill birds of prey; bald eagles; penalties.
Section
50-11-853
Unlawful to catch, kill, capture, or detain homing, racing or carrier pigeon; penalties.
Section
50-11-854
Seasons and bag limits for hunting and taking crows.
Section
50-11-860
Department to designate and establish sanctuaries; agreements with landowners.
Section
50-11-870
Bird sanctuaries declared in certain areas; hunting waterfowl on Lake Wylie.
Section
50-11-875
Bird sanctuary within City of Charleston.
Section
50-11-880
Wildlife sanctuaries declared in certain areas; unlawful to discharge firearm or attempt to take or kill wildlife in sanctuaries; exceptions.
Section
50-11-883
Designation of portion of Lake Secession, and of Vereen Memorial Historical Gardens as wildlife sanctuary.
Section
50-11-890
Bird and squirrel sanctuaries declared in certain areas.
Section
50-11-900
Nongame bird sanctuaries declared in certain areas.
Section
50-11-910
Francis Beidler Forest declared wildlife sanctuary.
Section
50-11-915
Playcard Environmental Education Center sanctuary in Horry County.
Section
50-11-920
Kershaw County park declared wildlife sanctuary.
Section
50-11-925
South Carolina Future Farmers of America Camp Wildlife Sanctuary.
Section
50-11-930
Unlawful to trap, hunt, or molest ducks or geese or molest their nest on certain waters or tidelands; penalties.
Section
50-11-935
Lake Conestee Nature Park declared wildlife sanctuary.
Sections
50-11-940 to 50-11-941
Repealed by 2013 Act No. 4, Section 2, eff March 4, 2013.
Section
50-11-950
Certain lands owned by Brookgreen Gardens declared wildlife sanctuary.
Section
50-11-960
Paris Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary designated.
Section
50-11-961
Greenville Technical College campus declared wildlife sanctuary.
Section
50-11-970
Certain lands owned by Lake Dogwood Corporation designated waterfowl sanctuary.
Section
50-11-980
Certain lands and waters in Charleston Harbor and adjacent estuarine system designated wildlife sanctuary.
Section
50-11-990
Penalties for hunting or trespassing upon land designated sanctuary.
Section
50-11-1050
Permit to remove destructive wildlife.
Section
50-11-1060
Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18, 2012.
Section
50-11-1070
Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18, 2012.
Section
50-11-1080
No closed season on coyotes.
Section
50-11-1090
Authority of department to permit taking of game animal; requirements.
Section
50-11-1105
Authority of department to declare closed season when game cannot protect themselves; procedures; penalties.
Section
50-11-1110
Authority of department to close or shorten open season upon request of county legislative delegation; procedures; penalties.
Section
50-11-1120
Authority of department to declare open season on foxes upon request of county legislative delegation.
Section
50-11-1130
Authorization for landowners to kill raccoons and squirrels destroying crops.
Section
50-11-1140
United States Fish and Wildlife Service may allow hunting of deer on sea island within federally owned or controlled reserve.
Section
50-11-1145
Trapping predatory animals within certain enclosures; types of traps permitted; release or destruction of animals.
Section
50-11-1150
Authority of department to trap predatory animals.
Section
50-11-1160
Authority of certain Federal employees to trap predatory animals.
Section
50-11-1170
Department to cooperate with United States government to control predatory animals.
Section
50-11-1180
Authority of department to issue permits to collect protected wildlife for scientific or propagating purposes; penalties.
Section
50-11-1200
Operating licenses for privately owned shooting preserves.
Section
50-11-1205
Licensing of new preserves.
Section
50-11-1210
Annual fees.
Section
50-11-1220
Preserve acreage requirements.
Section
50-11-1230
Designation of boundaries.
Section
50-11-1240
Repealed by 2010 Act No. 233, Section 13, eff July 1, 2010.
Section
50-11-1250
Legal shooting preserve species.
Section
50-11-1260
Continued release of pen-raised mallards and turkeys pursuant to license in effect as of December 31, 2005.
Section
50-11-1270
Shooting season.
Section
50-11-1280
Harvest limits.
Section
50-11-1290
Tagging of harvested designated shooting preserve species; information required on tags.
Section
50-11-1300
Stocking private preserve.
Section
50-11-1310
Permit to operate quail call pen trap.
Section
50-11-1320
Care of penned animals.
Section
50-11-1330
Maintenance of records; copies to department.
Section
50-11-1340
Responsibility of manager, owner, or licensee for violations on preserve; penalties.
Section
50-11-1350
"Pen-raised quail" defined.
Section
50-11-1360
Authorization to engage in business of propagating pen-raised quail.
Section
50-11-1370
Commercial quail breeder's license.
Section
50-11-1380
Pen-raised quail for consumption on hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club premises.
Section
50-11-1390
Revocation of or refusal to issue breeders license.
Section
50-11-1400
Sale of pen-raised quail.
Section
50-11-1410
Information required on package of pen-raised quail shipped out of state; records.
Section
50-11-1420
Copy of invoice of pen-raised quail sold or shipped in State.
Section
50-11-1430
Killing of pen-raised quail.
Section
50-11-1440
Trapping wild quail.
Section
50-11-1450
Violation of article, penalty.
Section
50-11-1700
Unlawful to keep certain birds or animals in cold storage or refrigerating plants; exceptions; penalties.
Section
50-11-1710
Unlawful for transportation company to receive for shipment state game birds or animals; exceptions.
Section
50-11-1720
Transportation of game birds or animals unlawfully killed or captured prohibited; exceptions.
Section
50-11-1730
Authorization and application to transport game birds or animals out of state; limits; penalties.
Section
50-11-1740
Limits on number of game birds or animals that may be shipped to private address in State.
Section
50-11-1750
Application to ship game birds or animals.
Section
50-11-1765
Possession, importation, or sale of live wolves.
Section
50-11-1910
Sale of deer or deer parts; penalties.
Section
50-11-1920
Sale of exotic farm-raised venison; permits; inspection of premises and records; violations; punishment.
Section
50-11-1930
Sale or purchase of willet or dove prohibited.
Section
50-11-1940
Unlawful to buy or barter for sale wild quail; penalty.
Section
50-11-1950
Possession and sale of pheasant eggs permitted.
Section
50-11-2100
Field trials; Department to promulgate regulations to permit field trials; penalties.
Section
50-11-2110
Repealed.
Section
50-11-2200
Establishment, operation, and maintenance of wildlife management areas; prohibited conduct; penalties.
Section
50-11-2210
Abuse of wildlife management area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; penalties.
Section
50-11-2215
Noninterference with agency duties and landowner rights.
Section
50-11-2220
Abuse of wildlife area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; additional penalties.
Section
50-11-2225
Trespass on closed area; penalties.
Section
50-11-2230
Public or private access to property must be available prior to leasing property to Wildlife Management Area Program.
Section
50-11-2240
Wildlife management area lottery hunt.
Section
50-11-2300
Operation Game Thief Program created; funding.
Section
50-11-2310
Purposes for which program funds may be expended.
Section
50-11-2320
Program funds to be expended in certain order.
Section
50-11-2400
Definitions.
Section
50-11-2420
Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18, 2012.
Section
50-11-2430
Proof of ownership or permission to use land on which traps are set.
Section
50-11-2440
Frequency of visitations.
Section
50-11-2445
Removal of trapped wildlife by owner of trap or owner's designee; penalties.
Section
50-11-2450
Commercial fur licensees to report annually to department.
Section
50-11-2460
Traps allowed for trapping; traps to bear owner's name and address.
Section
50-11-2470
Fur dealer, buyer, and processor's license.
Section
50-11-2475
Fur processor's license.
Section
50-11-2480
Persons not required to obtain fur buyer's license.
Section
50-11-2490
Fur buyers and processors to keep daily register; register sheets to be submitted to department monthly; furs, pelts, or hides not properly tagged declared contraband.
Section
50-11-2510
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) tagging of otter and bobcat pelts.
Section
50-11-2515
Prohibited acts.
Section
50-11-2520
Inspection of business premises and records of licensee; revocation of license for failure to allow inspection.
Section
50-11-2530
Confiscation of illegal traps, devices, furs, pelts, and hides; sale of confiscated items; use of funds; destruction of illegal traps.
Section
50-11-2540
Trapping season; unlawful to trap out of season without authorization; taking of coyotes.
Section
50-11-2550
Repealed.
Section
50-11-2560
Penalties.
Section
50-11-2565
Penalties.
Section
50-11-2570
Issuance of special permit to capture destructive wildlife.
Section
50-11-2575
Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18,2012.
Section
50-11-2600
Definitions.
Section
50-11-2605
Coyote and fox purchase and release.
Section
50-11-2610
Enclosure permits.
Section
50-11-2620
Obtaining foxes and coyotes to stock enclosures.
Section
50-11-2630
Sales of live foxes or coyotes by trappers; records of sales.
Section
50-11-2640
Importing foxes and coyotes.
Section
50-11-2650
Penalties for violation of article.