2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game
Section 50-11-590. Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend.
(A) The Saturday and Sunday preceding the start of a game zone turkey season is declared to be "Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend" within the game zone for youth turkey hunters under eighteen years of age.
(B) A license or tag requirement is waived for a youth turkey hunter during Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend.
(C) The bag limit during Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend is one male wild turkey for the weekend that shall count toward the season bag limit. A turkey harvest must be reported to the electronic harvest reporting system pursuant to the provisions of Section 50-11-546.
(D) Youth turkey hunters who have not completed the hunter education program pursuant to Section 50-9-310, and who hunt during Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend, must be accompanied by an adult who is at least twenty-one years of age. An adult may not harvest or attempt to harvest turkeys during Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend but is permitted to call turkeys for a youth turkey hunter.
HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 51 (S.575), Section 3, eff July 1, 2019.
