S.C. Code Ann. § 50-11-520
Section suspended from June 30, 2015 to November 7, 2018 pursuant to 2015 Act No. 41, Section 7.
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.
2015 Act No. 41, Section 7, provides as follows:
"SECTION 7. This act takes effect on June 30, 2015. Provided, upon the effective date of this act until November 7, 2018, the provisions of Section 50-11-520 are suspended. On November 7, 2018, the turkey hunting seasons and bag limits in effect for the respective counties prior to the effective date of this act and delineated in Section 50-11-520 are effective, and Section 50-11-580 is repealed."
The 2008 amendment made nonsubstantive language changes.