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SC Code § 50-11-960 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-960. Paris Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary designated.

 The following area is designated as the Paris Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary:  Beginning on Poinsett Highway (U.S. 25 North) at its intersection with Little Texas Road and following Little Texas Road to Roe Road and thence along Roe Road to a point opposite the northwestern boundary of Paris Mountain State Park and continuing with the western and southern boundaries of said Park to State Park Road; thence continuing south on State Park Road and Paris Mountain Road to Timber Lane; thence west on Timber Lane to Tryon Avenue; thence southwest on Tryon Avenue to Crestwood Road; thence north and west on Crestwood Road to Manley Drive and continuing generally west on Manley Drive, Dreamland Way, and Jervey Road to North Parker Road; thence generally north along North Parker Road to Phillips Trail and then along Phillips Trail to the intersection with Pistol Club Road; thence along Pistol Club Road to Pilot Road; thence generally north on Pilot Road to Club View Drive and on Club View Drive to the intersection of Old Buncombe Road; thence north on Old Buncombe Road to Poinsett Highway and from there to the beginning point at its intersection with Little Texas Road.  Any person killing or maiming any bird or animal within the sanctuary is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Any person who kills squirrels on his own property is not subject to the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-2820 (1962 Code Section 28-518.1:15; 1968 (55) 2288)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-961 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-961. Greenville Technical College campus declared wildlife sanctuary.

 The campus of Greenville Technical College in Greenville County bounded on the north by East Faris Road, on the east by South Pleasantburg Drive (Highway 291), on the south by Cleveland Street, and on the west by the Reedy River, is designated as a bird and wildlife sanctuary.  It is unlawful for a person to trap, hunt, molest, or attempt to molest in any manner a bird or wild fowl or to molest any birds' nests or wild fowls' nests within the sanctuary, and it is unlawful for a person to trap, hunt, molest, or attempt to molest in any manner any wildlife within the sanctuary.  A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 520, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-970 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-970. Certain lands owned by Lake Dogwood Corporation designated waterfowl sanctuary.

 The area in Richland County consisting of the lands and waters owned by the Lake Dogwood Corporation is designated a waterfowl sanctuary. It is unlawful for any person to trap, hunt, or molest in any manner any species of duck or goose, or to molest any duck or goose nest in the refuge. Anyone violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-3050 (1985 Act No. 141)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-990 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-990. Penalties for hunting or trespassing upon land designated sanctuary.

 Anyone hunting or trespassing upon any land designated as a sanctuary under the provisions of this article must be fined for each offense not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-2610 (1962 Code Section 28-511; 1952 Code Section 28-511; 1942 Code Section 1788; 1932 Code Section 1790; 1925 (34) 294; 1926 (34) 1045; 1952 (47) 2179)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1050. Permit to remove destructive wildlife.

 Where wildlife is destroying property, the department, upon the request of the property owner, may issue a permit authorizing the property owner, under the supervision of the department, to take action necessary to remove the destructive wildlife from his property.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-60 (1962 Code Section 28-305.1; 1963 (53) 243; 1972 (57) 2431; 1986 Act No. 502, Part I, Section 13)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1080. No closed season on coyotes.

 There is no closed season for hunting or taking coyotes with weapons.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-430 (1962 Code Section 28-465; 1952 Code Section 28-465; 1942 Code Section 1782-1; 1932 (37) 1312; 1952 (47) 2179)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2012 Act No. 257, Section 3, eff June 18, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 50-11-1090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1090. Authority of department to permit taking of game animal; requirements.

 The department has the authority during any season of the year to permit the taking of any game animal and prescribe the method by which they may be taken when they cause damage to crops or property or when they pose a significant human health risk. Any animal taken under these conditions is under the supervision of the department.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Sections 50-11-330 (1962 Code Section 28-332.2; 1963 (53) 151; 1972 (57) 2431); 50-11-440 (1962 Code Section 28-471; 1952 Code Section 28-471; 1942 Code Section 1782-3; 1932 Code Section 1791; 1929 (36) 151; 1952 (47) 2179); 50-11-790 (1962 Code Section 28-337.5; 1957 (50) 571)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2003 Act No. 72, Section 2.
SC Code § 50-11-1105 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1105. Authority of department to declare closed season when game cannot protect themselves; procedures; penalties.

 The department may declare a closed season for not over ten days at any one time in any area in the State when it appears on account of abnormal conditions that deer or other game cannot protect themselves. The department shall give notice of the closed season so declared by publication in at least two daily newspapers and in a newspaper of the county or counties in which the closed season is declared if the county has a newspaper, stating the length or period of the closed season. Any person found hunting with firearms, bows and arrows, or other game-taking devices, or dog within the restricted territory during a closed season so declared is guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section, regardless of whether he has or has not killed or taken any game. The penalty for a violation of the provisions of this section is a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than thirty days.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-360 (1962 Code Section 28-359; 1952 Code Section 28-359; 1942 Code Section 1785-1; 1932 Code Section 1790; 1925 (34) 294; 1926 (34) 1045; 1952 (47) 2179; 1965 (54) 156)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1110. Authority of department to close or shorten open season upon request of county legislative delegation; procedures; penalties.

 When in any county of the State there exist abnormal conditions that might affect the supply of game or there is an abnormal scarcity of game, the department, upon the written request of a majority of the legislative delegation, including the Senator, from such county, may shorten or close the open season for hunting in any such county. The department shall give notice of the closed or shortened season by publication in at least two daily newspapers and in a newspaper of the county in which the closed or shortened season is declared, stating the length of the closed or shortened season. Any person found hunting with gun or dog within the restricted territory during a closed season so declared, is guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section, regardless of whether he has killed any game or not. The penalty for violation of the provisions of this section is a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than thirty days.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-370 (1962 Code Section 28-360; 1954 (48) 1428); 50-11-840 (1962 Code Section 28-361; 1958 (50) 1669; 1972 (57) 2431)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1120. Authority of department to declare open season on foxes upon request of county legislative delegation.

 Whenever it appears that foxes are destroying birds, poultry, pigs, lambs, or other property in any county in this State or there is an apparent epidemic of rabies in any county, the department, upon the written request of a majority of the legislative delegation of any such county, shall declare an open season on foxes, with the use of firearms, in the county suffering from the destruction and for so long as the delegation considers desirable.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-410 (1962 Code Section 28-437; 1952 Code Section 28-437; 1942 Code Section 1782-1; 1932 (37) 1312; 1952 (47) 2179)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1130. Authorization for landowners to kill raccoons and squirrels destroying crops.

 Raccoons and squirrels may be killed by owners of property from July fifteenth to the regular open season on them if these animals are destroying crops.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-340 (1962 Code Section 28-356; 1952 Code Section 28-356; 1942 Code Section 1781; 1932 Code Section 1751; 1937 (40) 127; 1939 (41) 232; 1940 (41) 1872; 1952 (47) 2179)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1140. United States Fish and Wildlife Service may allow hunting of deer on sea island within federally owned or controlled reserve.

 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may allow the hunting of antlered and antlerless deer by those holding proper hunting licenses of this State on any sea island within any federally owned or controlled game reserve, national park, or game refuge during the open season for deer hunting under the laws of this State, whenever the officials of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service determine that the deer population of the island exceeds that which can properly maintain itself on any island. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall notify the department, in writing, at least ten days prior to allowing such hunting, of the opening and shall also advertise it at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the coastal area of the State at least one week before any hunting is permitted.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-1000 (1962 Code Section 28-332.1; 1955 (49) 177; 1985 Act No. 68, Section 15)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1145. Trapping predatory animals within certain enclosures; types of traps permitted; release or destruction of animals.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and at any time during the year, the owner, lessee, or person in lawful possession of land whereon an enclosure for running rabbits with dogs has been erected may trap fox, wildcat, bobcat, wolf, coyote, skunk, raccoons, and any other predatory animal within the enclosure when using a cage-type trap that does not injure or kill the animal. A pole-top trap, steel trap, foot-hold trap, rubber padded trap, body gripping trap, or trap that injures or kills an animal may not be used to remove predatory animals from an enclosure, and all predatory animals, except foxes and coyotes, trapped in a cage-type trap must be destroyed or immediately released outside of the enclosure. Foxes or coyotes trapped outside the trapping season must be immediately destroyed.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 353, Section 2; 2003 Act No. 23, Section 3.
SC Code § 50-11-1150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1150. Authority of department to trap predatory animals.

 When directed by the department, its employees may trap, by the use of steel or other traps, fox, wildcat, bobcat, wolf, coyote, skunk, raccoons, and any other predatory animals on any lands owned by the State or any of its boards, commissions, officers, institutions, or agencies and on cooperative wildlife management areas within the United States Forest Service lands.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-1550 (1962 Code Section 28-491; 1955 (49) 257; 1972 (57) 2431)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1160. Authority of certain Federal employees to trap predatory animals.

 The employees of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and those employees of the United States or the agencies thereof in charge of any national park, game reserve, or game refuge also have the right to trap predatory animals within the confines of such national park, game reserve, or game refuge.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-1560 (1962 Code Section 28-492; 1955 (49) 257)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1170. Department to cooperate with United States government to control predatory animals.

 In order to more effectively control predatory animals, the employees of the department shall cooperate with the employees of the United States and its agencies in trapping programs and may accept aid and advice from federal employees.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-1570 (1962 Code Section 28-493; 1955 (49) 257)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-1180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1180. Authority of department to issue permits to collect protected wildlife for scientific or propagating purposes; penalties.

 For purposes of this section:  (a) "Take" means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill.  (b) "Protected wildlife" means any wildlife, part, product, egg, offspring nest, dead body, or part thereof which is managed or protected or the taking of which is specifically regulated by the department.  Permits may be granted by the department to any properly accredited competent person permitting him to collect protected wildlife for strictly scientific or propagating purposes only. No permit is required for the collecting or taking of nonprotected wildlife. Applications for a permit must be made to the department which shall investigate the applicant and the project or program for which the collection is to be made. The application must be accompanied by a payment of a ten-dollar fee to cover the cost of the examination and the issuing of the permit. If the department considers the applicant to be qualified and the program or project to be necessary or desirable, it shall issue a permit which expires on December thirty-first of the year in which it is issued. Permits may be renewed for one year upon application and the payment of a ten-dollar renewal fee if the department determines the applicant and the program or project is still qualified. Permits are not transferable but any student assistant working under the direct supervision of the permittee in collecting activities may participate under the permit. All collecting or taking must be conducted so as to adhere to recognized scientific methods. Wherever practicable, data, results, and specimens must be made available to the public upon request. The permittee shall submit a report at the end of the permit period of the specimens collection and of other information as may be included on the report form, which must be furnished by the department. Collecting permits for endangered species must be issued only in accordance with Section 50-15-40. The provisions of Section 50-17-70 are not superseded by the provisions of this section.  Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in an amount of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for a term not to exceed thirty days and any permit issued to that person is revoked.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Sections 50-1130 (1962 Code Section 28-303; 1952 Code Section 28-303; 1942 Code Section 1787; 1932 Code Section 1787; Cr. C. '22 Section 740; 1919 (31) 269; 1952 (47) 2179); 50-11-2190 (1962 Code Section 28-469; 1968 (55) 2430; 1979 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the former reference to Section 50-15-50 was changed to Section 50-15-40 to reflect the renumbering of sections in Chapter 15, Title 50 by 2014 Act No. 159.
SC Code § 50-11-1200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1200. Operating licenses for privately owned shooting preserves.

 The department may grant operating licenses for shooting preserves which are privately owned and operated under the terms and provisions as provided in this article.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-3310 (1962 Code Section 28-525; 1957 (50) 535; 1972 (57) 2431)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 560, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-1205 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1205. Licensing of new preserves.

 No new preserve may be licensed by the department without the approval of the majority of the legislative delegation of the county in which such preserve is to be located.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-1210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1210. Annual fees.

 The annual fee for obtaining a shooting preserve license is two hundred dollars for the first one hundred acres of shooting preserve area, plus fifty dollars for each additional one hundred acres or part of it. A separate application and fee is required for each area of contiguous acreage as specified in Section 50-11-1220.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-3320 (1962 Code Section 28-5-26; 1957 (50) 535; 1984 Act No. 374, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 560, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-1220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1220. Preserve acreage requirements.

 In order to be licensed as a shooting preserve operator, the operator must own or lease a minimum of one hundred contiguous acres, including water areas. The preserve is not restricted to a maximum number of contiguous acres. Proof of ownership or leasehold interest and accurate maps or plats identifying the proposed area must accompany all applications.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-3330 (1962 Code Section 28-527; 1957 (50) 535; 1981 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1984 Act No. 374, Section 2)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 560, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-1230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1230. Designation of boundaries.

 Shooting preserve operators shall maintain a clearly defined boundary on which signs designating the area as a shooting preserve must be posted at intervals of one hundred fifty feet or less. Construction of a fence, as prescribed by the department, along the boundaries of the preserve may be required.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-1250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1250. Legal shooting preserve species.

 Legal shooting preserve species are pen-raised bobwhite quail, pheasants, and chukars. The department may designate additional species by regulation.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-3360 (1962 Code Section 28-530; 1957 (50) 535; 1984 Act No. 374, Section 4)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 560, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-1260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1260. Continued release of pen-raised mallards and turkeys pursuant to license in effect as of December 31, 2005.

 Notwithstanding the limitations of Section 50-11-1250, a shooting preserve operator licensed as of December 31, 2005, to release pen-raised mallards or pen-raised turkeys may continue this privilege. All other provisions of this article shall apply. Once the current shooting preserve operator chooses not to release pen-raised mallards or pen-raised turkeys, the privilege is revoked. If the current shooting preserve operator does not choose to apply for renewal of a shooting preserve license, the privilege is revoked. The current license may not be transferred in any form or manner at any time to anyone. The current license cannot increase or decrease current acreage.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-3370 (1962 Code Section 28-531; 1957 (50) 535)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 560, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-1270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-1270. Shooting season.

 The shooting season is a consecutive six-month period, beginning October first and continuing through the following March thirty-first.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-3380 (1962 Code Section 28-532; 1957 (50) 535; 1959 (51) 110; 1984 Act No. 374, Section 5)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 560, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2006 Act No. 306, Section 1.