S.C. Code § 50-11-590

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 50-11-590 - [Effective Until 5/11/2028] Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend
(A) The Saturday and Sunday preceding April 3 and the Saturday and Sunday following May 3 is declared to be a "Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend" for youth turkey hunters under eighteen years of age.
(B) A license or tag requirement is waived for a youth turkey hunter during a Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend.
(C) The total bag limit for the two Youth Turkey Hunting Weekends combined is one legal male wild turkey that shall count toward the season bag limit. A youth turkey hunter who has reached the season bag limit on or prior to May 3 must not harvest or attempt to harvest a turkey during the Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend following May 3 but is permitted to call turkeys for another youth turkey hunter. 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 a Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend, must be accompanied by an adult who is at least twenty-one years of age. An adult must not harvest or attempt to harvest a turkey during a Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend but is permitted to call turkeys for a youth turkey hunter.

S.C. Code § 50-11-590

Amended by 2024 S.C. Acts, Act No. 224 (HB 4820),s 4, eff. 7/2/2024, exp. 5/11/2028.
Added by 2019 S.C. Acts, Act No. 51 (SB 575),s 3, eff. 7/1/2019.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.