2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
CHAPTER 11 - PROTECTION OF GAME
Section 50-11-880. Wildlife sanctuaries declared in certain areas; unlawful to discharge firearm or attempt to take or kill wildlife in sanctuaries; exceptions.

The following areas are designated as wildlife sanctuaries:

(1) the Sea Pines Public Service District on Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County;

(2) the Highlands of Fripp Island, Beaufort County;

(3) the Goose Creek Reservoir in Berkeley County including all lands lying within one-half mile of the shoreline of the reservoir;

(4) Lawton Bluff Subdivision and Lawton Plantation in Charleston County;

(5) Hobcaw Point Subdivision in the City of Mt. Pleasant, County of Charleston;

(6) Prestwood Lake Area, Darlington County, which includes Prestwood Lake and that area around the lake contained in a radius of three-fourths of a mile from the shore of the lake and bounded on the east by Sonoco Dam and on the west by a line running in a southerly direction across Black Creek from the New Sonoco Clubhouse;

(7) that area in Florence County known as Forest Lake bordered on the north by South Cashua Road and Highway 76, on the west by secondary road 106, on the south by Savannah Grove Road, on the east by Knollwood Road, and that portion of the lake east of Knollwood Road and that upland extending one hundred yards from the shore of the lake;

(8) Lake Oakdale in Florence County bordered on the north by the secondary road known as Stralton Drive, on the west by Pelican Lane and West Lake Oakdale Drive, on the south by Shearton Road until it intersects with Seaboard Coastline Railroad tracks, and on the east by West Lake Drive and Pine Needles Road;

(9) Pelham Estates I, II, and III, Stratton Place, and Watson's Orchard in Greenville County;

(10) that portion of McCormick County between Little River and the Savannah River lying south of Highway 378;

(11) Quail Run in York County.

It is unlawful to discharge any firearm including, but not limited to, BB guns and pellet rifles or to attempt to take or kill any wildlife within any of the above-described areas by any means.

If the department determines that, due to size, disease, or other extraordinary factors, a particular population of a species located in, on, or around a sanctuary described above constitutes a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the public or to itself, or other species in, on, or around the sanctuary, it may authorize the taking of a sufficient number of species to reduce or eliminate the threat. The wildlife must be taken by department personnel or other persons acting under their supervision and the authorization for the taking limits the number of animals taken and the days, times, and methods to be used.

HISTORY: [Derived from former Sections 50-11-2630 (1962 Code Section 28-511.12; 1971 (57) 2022); 50-11-2640 (1962) Code Section 28-511.13; 1974 (58) 1940; 1985 Act No. 32, Section 1); 50-11-2675 (1981 Act No. 4, Section 1); 50-11-2740 (1962 Code Section 28-515; 1960 (51) 1540); 50-11-2780 (1962 Code Section 28-518.1; 1957 (50) 134); 50-11-2850 (1975 (59) 211); 50-11-2970 (1962 Code Section 28-518.5:8; 1967 (55) 95); 50-11-3010 (1962 Code Section 28-518.6:1; 1971 (57) 511); 50-11-3015 (1980 Act No. 328, Section 1); 50-11-3017 (1981 Act No. 142, Section 1); 50-11-3021 (1981 Act No. 65, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.