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Top SC counties for harvest in 2009 included Anderson exhibiting harvest rates in excess of 15 deer per square mile. Very few areas in the United States consistently yield comparable harvest figures.
Sept. 1st Deadline for Quota Deer Hunt Applications
The window of opportunity is closing for those interested in applying for a quota deer hunt on select public land and at select State Parks. If you want a chance to hunt, you need to be sure to get your online quota application in before midnight September 1. A total of 35 quota deer hunts on public land and six State Park quota deer hunts are scheduled.
Recreation areas on Hartwell Lake open to hunters
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Office will open six of its larger recreation areas to archery hunters and small game hunting during the regular 2010-2011 state hunting season.
Deer hunting began Sunday, Aug. 15
Hunting is prohibited on Sundays on all Wildlife Management Areas lands. On private lands statewide, Sunday hunting for all game is legal except bear hunting, which is prohibited on Sundays in Game Zone 1. Find out more about deer hunting on private lands (Pdf file).
Georgia Archery Camps
Registration is now open for the Fort Yargo Archery Camp camp, which is scheduled for June 28-30 and the camp in Covington, which is scheduled for July 5-7, 2010
SC deer harvest decreases in 2009
Results of the 2009 Deer Hunter Survey conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources indicate that the statewide harvest of deer last season totaled 231,703, a decrease of 7 percent over last year. An estimated 120,365 bucks and 111,338 does made up this total, according to Charles Ruth, Deer and Wild Turkey Program coordinator for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Upstate mobility impaired deer hunts set for this fall
Mobility impaired hunters will again be treated to a unique opportunity to attend two special deer hunts this year on about 50 well-managed and exclusive, private tracts of land in the Upstate.
