Turkey hunters in SC required to use electronic harvest reporting system

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The South Carolina turkey hunting season opens March 22 on private lands in Game Zones 3 and 4. Jay Cantrell/SCDNR/Provided

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Opening day for the 2021 turkey hunting season is just around the corner and there’s one major change from a year ago for the approximately 50,000 hunters who target gobblers in South Carolina.

The season structure and bag limits remain the same, but this year electronic reporting will be mandatory through SC Game Check.

“This was actually part of the season legislation that was passed in 2019 and went into effect last year. The harvest reporting part had a one-year implementation and we’re there now,” said Charles Ruth, Big Game Coordinator for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

SC Game Check is in the process of being rolled out now and…

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