2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
CHAPTER 11 - PROTECTION OF GAME
SECTION 50-11-390. Departmental authority over game zones.

(A) The Department of Natural Resources may permit the taking of antlerless deer between September fifteenth and January first, inclusive. The department may set bag limits and methods for hunting and taking of antlerless deer and other restrictions for the proper control of hunting and taking of antlerless deer.

(B) In all game zones, the department may issue individual tags for antlerless deer which must be used as prescribed by the department. These tags are valid statewide, except on properties receiving antlerless deer quota permits pursuant to subsection (C), and must be possessed and used only by the individuals to whom they are issued.

(C) In all game zones, the department may issue antlerless deer quota permits to landowners or lessees.

(D) Antlerless deer taken pursuant to individual tags or quota permits must be tagged with a valid antlerless deer tag and reported to the department as prescribed. Each tag must be attached to the deer as prescribed by the department before the animal is moved from the point of kill. Antlerless deer taken pursuant to quota permits must be tagged, even if taken on designated either-sex days.

(E) The department may suspend the taking of antlerless deer or revoke any quota permit or individual tags when environmental conditions or other factors warrant.

(F) It is unlawful to hunt or take, possess, or transport antlerless deer, except as permitted by this section. A person violating the provisions of this section or the provisions for taking antlerless deer established by the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty and not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.

HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-2036 (En 1985 Act No. 68, Section 2)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 43, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 1997 Act No. 33, Section 3; 1997 Act No. 57, Section 3; 1999 Act No. 27, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 233, Section 12, eff July 1, 2010.