S.C. Code Regs. § 123-46 - Rules and Regulations Governing the Issuance of Deer Depredation Permits
1. Any person
suffering excessive damage to crops and property caused by deer may apply to
the Department for a deer depredation permit as prescribed in Section
50-11-1090, 1976 South Carolina
Code of Laws.
2. Applications for
deer depredation permits shall be made to the Department in writing signed by
the applicant and contain the following information:
a. a concise statement specifically
describing damage or destruction being suffered by the applicant;
b. a specific description of the property or
crop which is suffering the damage or destruction;
c. if the applicant is not the landowner of
the property for which the deer depredation permit application is being made,
the applicant, by signing the application, affirms that he has the landowner's
permission to execute a deer depredation permit on the specified
property;
d. if the applicant does
not intend to remove the deer himself, he must give the complete names and
Department customer identification numbers or drivers license numbers of the
persons whom the applicant has designated to take the deer which are causing
damage to the subject property.
3. The Department shall give immediate
consideration to applications for deer depredation permits and within seven (7)
days of receipt of same shall either issue the permit or deny the application.
Immediate notification of the denial may be given orally by the
Department.
4. Deer depredation
permits will be issued for each specific parcel of property denoting the names
of the individuals designated to take deer thereunder and the hours of the day
in which deer may be taken.
5. The
applicant or landowner shall allow a Department representative to enter the
property for which the application is made for the purpose of inspecting the
property to determine the necessity or exigency for issuance of the
permit.
6. The applicant must
report all deer taken as prescribed by the Department within 30 days of
expiration of the permit.
7. No
deer depredation permit will be issued to any applicant who has been convicted
of a game law violation within the year preceding the date of application for
said permit. No person convicted of a game law violation within the year
preceding the application can be designated to take deer under a deer
depredation permit. The applicant shall certify in the application that the
applicant and the persons designated to take deer under the permit have not
been convicted of a game law violation within the year preceding the
application.
8. Any application
containing false information therein shall subject the applicant to the
penalties as prescribed herein.
9.
The penalty for any person violating any provisions of the within regulation
shall be as prescribed in Section
50-1-130, 1976 South Carolina Code
of Laws. In addition to said penalty any deer depredation permit issued to the
person convicted hereunder must be surrendered to the Department immediately
and said person would not be eligible for a deer depredation permit within
twelve (12) months of said conviction.
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