Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3352 Primary Sponsor:Corning Committee Number:20 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Deer hunting in Game Zones No.'s 1 and 5 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Computer Document Number:NO5/8831BD.93 Introduced Date:19930202 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930202 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Corning Type of Legislation:General Bill
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3352 House 19930202 Introduced, read first time, 20
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TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE
OPEN SEASON FOR TAKING ANTLERED DEER, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE PURSUIT OF DEER WITH DOGS IN GAME ZONES 1 AND 5 ON TRACTS OF LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED CONTIGUOUS ACRES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 316 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-11-310. (A) The open season for taking antlered deer is:
(1) As set by the commission between the dates of October first and January first in Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: as set by the commission between October first and January first. The commission may designate the sex of the deer that may be taken and may promulgate regulations for the proper control of the deer harvest in these games zones.;
(2) In Game Zone 5, antlered deer may be taken from: September fifteenth through January first.;
(3) In Game Zone 7,: by bow and arrow from September first through January first and with firearms from September fifteenth through January first.;
(4) In Game Zone 8, from: September first through January first.;
(5) In Game Zone 9, antlered deer from: August fifteenth to August thirty-first with bow and arrow only; antlered deer from and September first through January first with firearms and. Antlerless deer from may be taken December fifteenth through January first with bow and arrow only.;
(6) In Game Zone 10, from: September first through January first with bow and arrow only. Antlered deer may be taken and with firearms from September fifteenth through January first.
(7)(B) Except as provided above in subsection (A), the season for taking antlered deer is from August fifteenth through January first.
(8)(C) It is unlawful to pursue deer with dogs except during the prescribed season for hunting deer and except in Game Zones 1 and 5 where it is unlawful to pursue deer with dogs at any time on tracts of less than five hundred contiguous acres."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.