The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-03-27
STATE GAME LAWS
AS OPERATIVE NOW
FILL TEXT OF THE STATUTE
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.
Primacy of Federal Law
RECOGNITION of the Migratory Resu-
Iations Included in New state
Statute.

Following is the text of the game
laws now operative in South Carroll
ma:
An act to provide for the protec-
tion of domestic birds, game and
fish and provide for a hunting and
fishing license therefor, and provld-
ing for the appointment of game
wardens.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the State OF
South Carolina, that all wild BIRDS
wild game and fish Except fish IN
strictly ponds and lakes entirely seq
regated from other waters) shall be-
and are here declared to be, the
property of the State.
Sec. 2. For the purpose OF this
act the following classification shall
be recognized:
(a) Domestic Game Birds-Black
birds pheasants, doves, partirdges
(quaiD, and wild turkeys.
CD Destructive Birds-Eagles,
buzzards, crows, Cooper's hawk,
duck hawk, English sparrow, Great
Horned owl, jay birds, loggerheads
and sharp skinned hawk.
Co Game Animals-Bear, deer,
fox, mink, rats, opossum, otter, rab-
bits; raccoons, skunk and squirrels.
Cd Game Fish-Jackfsh, or
pickerel, pike, black bass or pond
trout striped bass or rock fish, War
mouth, red-belly, Dream, copper-face
or ball-faced Dream, yellow-belly
perch, sun perch, red-fn, trout,
speckled trout, flyer, crapple, rock
bass, google eye, and white perch.
(e) The open season for quail or
partridges shall be from November
Is TO February Is of each hunting
I season and the bag limit shall be
fifteen per day to the hunter, and
trapping and snaring of quail is alb
so1utely prohibited except as provid-
ed for scientific or propogating pur-
poses.
The open season for wild turkeys
shall be from November Is to April
g I of each hunting season, with bag
limit of two per day and a total of
twenty per season, but no wild tur-
= key must at any time be shot from
any natural or artificial blind or hid
ing place when lured by bait.
I The provision against snaring
quail or partidges shall apply to
Wild turkeys.
The open season for doves shall
be from September 18th to Decem-
ber 31st of each year.
The open season for blackbirds
shall be from October 1st to March
Is of each season.
There shall be closed season for
pheasants for five years after the
passage of this act.
(f) Destructive Animals Foxes
and wildcats may be killed by own
ers and officers of the law upon
their holdings and without license
at any time.
(g) Ali domestic birds not named
above are non-game birds and shall
J not be destroyed in any way at any
time. ..
CHI The open season for hunting
game animals shall be from October
1st to March 18th of each year, ex-
cept that deer may be hunted from
September 1st to December 31st
only
The bag limit for squirrels shall
be fifteen %15) per day.
Provided, that the open season
for hunting foxes shall be from Sep
tember 1st to February 18th of each
year.
G) The catching of game fish
shall be with hook and line only in
all the clear water streams and wa
ters of the State.
Cd Gill nets tnot to extend more
than half way across a stream, lake
or pond), traps seines, trout lines or
other devices which does not block
the passage of fish in streams, may
be used in the muddy streams of the
State. Provided, they be not used
within one hundred (100) yards of
the mouth of clear water streams
emptying into same. Provided, fur
ther, that a seine or net may be used
in fishing between the first day of
September and the first day of May
No traps, nets or other devices
shall be used at the mouths of or in
side of any rice field bitches.
(k) The tickling, pegging or
catching of game fish by any means,
except rod and line, or hand line. or
single set line outside of beds, is
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