2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
CHAPTER 11 - PROTECTION OF GAME
SECTION 50-11-520. Wild turkey season; declaration of open or closed seasons.
The season for hunting and taking a male wild turkey (gobbler) in Game Zone 6 is March 15 through May 1 inclusive; in other game zones the season for hunting and taking a male wild turkey (gobbler) is April 1 through May 1 inclusive. The department may make a special study, in a game zone of this State, and after such a study the department may declare other open or closed seasons of such duration as it considers advisable for the taking of turkeys. The department may declare an open season in any of the game zones and on WMA lands by promulgating regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act to establish the dates, places, and bag limits and may set the season and other conditions for hunting and taking wild turkeys on WMA lands.
HISTORY: [Derived from former Sections 50-11-585 (1962 Code Section 28-334.5; 1977 Act No. 93); 50-11-1030 (1979 Act No. 101, Section 5)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2006 Act No. 289, Section 7; 2008 Act No. 286, Section 3, eff June 11, 2008.
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