S.C. Code Ann. § 50-11-500 – Provisions applicable to wild turkey

(1) It is unlawful for any person to rob any wild turkey nest or own, possess, control, sell, or otherwise dispose of wild turkey eggs unless the possession of the eggs is authorized by permit issued by the department under the provisions of Section 50-11-1180.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to trap or snare any wild turkey or to hunt or shoot a wild turkey at any time from any natural or artificial blind or hiding place when the turkey is lured by bait. This does not apply to mechanical feeders when used in a planned conservation and management program approved by the department.
(3) It is unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, or possess female wild turkeys unlawfully killed at any time unless the department sets special open seasons for their taking under the provisions of Sections 50-11-520, 50-11-530, and 50-11-540.
(4) It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, offer for sale, barter, or have in possession for sale any wild turkeys.
(5) It is unlawful for any person to release in the wild any pen-raised wild turkey unless that person is granted a permit to do so by the department. These permits are made after the department has caused a thorough study of the area on which pen-raised turkeys are to be released. The release of these turkeys is to take place under the supervision of department personnel. No pen-raised turkey may be released for any purpose unless they have been examined for parasites or disease and the release approved by the department not less than thirty days before the date of their release.
(6) It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, offer for sale, barter or have in possession for sale any pen-raised wild turkeys or domestic turkeys for purposes of release in the wild. The department may authorize pen-raised wild turkeys to be released under permit on licensed privately owned shooting preserves if the wild turkeys are designated as legal shooting preserve game by the department, if they have been examined for parasites or disease, and the release approved by the department not less than thirty days before the date of their release. The taking of wild turkey on licensed shooting preserves is governed by Article 7 of this chapter.
(7) It is unlawful for any person to sell or give away pen-raised wild turkeys which are authorized to be released on licensed shooting preserves without the written consent of the department.
(8) It is unlawful for any person to shoot any wild turkey on its roost between thirty minutes after official sunset and thirty minutes before official sunrise.
(9) It is unlawful for any person to possess pen-raised wild turkeys without a possession permit issued by the department.
(10) A person who hunts or attempts to hunt a wild turkey is required to have in his possession a set of wild turkey transportation tags issued by the department or its designated agent at no cost. A wild turkey killed must be tagged before being transported from the point of kill. All bagged wild turkeys must be checked at a designated wild turkey check station. The daily bag limit for wild turkeys is two a day, not to exceed five during any one license year, and no person may take more than two wild turkeys during an open fall season. No hunter may possess more than one set of turkey tags. A set consists of five tags.
(11) It is unlawful for a person to take or attempt to take a wild turkey from a vehicle on a public road.
(12) It is unlawful for a person to take or attempt to take a wild turkey with a rifle.
Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days except, upon conviction, any person unlawfully buying, selling, offering for sale, bartering, or having in possession any wild turkey or wild turkey eggs must be fined twenty-five dollars for each wild turkey or egg bought, sold, offered for sale, bartered, or possessed for sale or unlawfully possessed. Each day's violation constitutes a separate offense.