(A) The department may establish seasons and bag limits for the hunting and taking of crows consistent with the federal regulation governing those activities. However:

(1) The hunting season or seasons on crows may not exceed a total of one hundred twenty-four days during a calendar year:

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-11-854

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Person: means an individual, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, an association, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • Take: means to harass intentionally, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15

(2) The department shall designate a season or seasons between September first and March first:

(3) It is unlawful to hunt or take crows:

(a) from an aircraft;

(b) by any methods except firearms, bow and arrow, and falconry;

(c) except as permitted by this section.

(B) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.

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