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HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE NOW AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM -- Hunter education in South Carolina has entered the computer age by offering a CD-ROM home study course with videos, photos, interactive games and quizzes. A student can study at home at his or her own pace, score 80 or above on pre-exam and then take the final exam with a state hunter education instructor. Since 1974, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through its law enforcement division has conducted and sponsored nationally certified hunter education courses across South Carolina through local schools and organizations and about 175 volunteer instructors. The 10-hour hunter education course is mandatory for all resident and nonresident South Carolina hunters born on or
after June 30, 1979, and voluntary for other hunters. The CD-ROM course fulfills the same requirements as the 10-hour classroom course and is available free by calling (803) 734-3995 in Columbia or 1-800-277-4301 Monday through Friday during business hours.

• S.C. deer hunters interested in limit on bucks, tagging
• 20th annual wild quail management seminars scheduled for March 8-10, 2007
• Coastal waterfowl hunting opportunities are numerous
• Small-game hunting opportunities available on Lowcountry WMA lands

State launches enhanced hunting, fishing licensing online at SC.gov  Obtaining a hunting or fishing license in South Carolina just got easier, thanks to an enhanced recreational licensing system that the state implemented this week.

TOP COUNTIES FOR QUAIL AND RABBIT RANKED BY DNR SMALL GAME PROJECT-Survey results for the 2005-06 hunting season show Clarendon, Horry, Sumter, McCormick and Lee counties were the top five counties for quail, while the top five counties for rabbits jumped per hour were Lee, Saluda, Newberry, McCormick, and Fairfield, according to biologists with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Small Game Project. Complete results of the Quail Hunter Survey and the Rabbit
Hunter Survey are available on the DNR Web site at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/hunting/smallgamesurvey.html. To receive a copy of the Quail Hunter Survey report or the Rabbit Hunter Survey report or to have your name added to the list of potential cooperators, contact the DNR Small Game Project at (803) 734-3609 in Columbia.

ARCHERY DEER-HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE NUMEROUS IN COASTAL REGION-Numerous opportunities are available along the coast for the archer looking to harvest a deer this fall. According to Sam Chappelear, regional wildlife coordinator for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources at Fort Johnson on James Island, bowhunters will have ample opportunity to hunt about 383,000 acres that are in the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) program in Horry, Georgetown, Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Colleton, Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper counties. All WMA regulations apply. Specific season dates and bag limits for these WMAs can be found in the 2006-2007 Rules and Regulations booklet, and is accessible online at www.dnr.sc.gov/regulations.html.

SANTEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SETS HUNTING DATES FOR 2006-2007

HUNT SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED FOR WOODBURY WILDLIFE AREA-The hunt schedules for Woodbury Wildlife Management Area in lower Marion County have been announced by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.  In late summer 2006, with the help of The Conservation Fund and other conservation partners, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will gain ownership of the 25,688-acre Woodbury tract formerly owned by International Paper Co. Woodbury Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is located in lower Marion County between the Little Pee Dee and Great Pee Dee rivers. The "black river" (Little Pee Dee) and "red river" (Great Pee Dee) floodplains that form the property's northeastern and southeastern boundaries provide excellent fish and wildlife habitat and exceptional recreational hunting and fishing opportunities for the citizens of South Carolina. For more information on Woodbury WMA, call the regional DNR office in Florence at (843) 661-4768.
 

NEW PUBLIC HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY—- The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is providing additional opportunities for hunters heading into the field in pursuit of white-tailed deer, feral hogs and other game.  Hamilton Ridge Wildlife Management Area will open to the public this fall. The 13,281-acre WMA is located in southwestern Hampton County, along the Savannah River near the town of Garnett and adjacent to the Webb Wildlife Center and Palachucola Wildlife Management Area. Deer hunts with firearms will be offered by drawing only.  Applications for the drawing are currently available and the deadline to apply is September 1.  Interested hunters can contact the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Columbia at (803) 734-3886 or the Webb Wildlife Center at (803) 625-3569 to receive an application, for rules and regulations and more information.  

FIFTY-ONE FIELDS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC DOVE HUNTING — Fifty-one public dove fields will be available across the state during the 2006-07 season through the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Area program. The 2006-07 mourning dove season will run as follows: Sept. 2 - Oct. 7, Nov. 18- 25 and Dec. 21 – Jan. 15.  Statewide legal shooting hours for the 2006-07 dove season will allow afternoon hunting only (from noon to sunset) for the first three days (Sept. 2 - 4) of the first season segment and then all-day hunting (from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset) for the rest of the season.  The daily bag limit is 12 birds per hunter.  The state’s mourning dove season is set each year by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Board within a framework of regulations and timetables issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The number of hunters will be limited by a public drawing on three fields, the Evans Property field in Anderson County, the Draper Tract in York County, and Donnelly Wildlife Management Area in Colleton County.  Hunting and hunter placement on all other public fields is on a first-come basis, beginning at 12:00 noon. For more information on the application process for these hunts, contact the DNR Clemson office at 864-654-1671 ext. 16 (Evans Property), the DNR Unit 2B office at 864-427-5140 (Draper Tract), or the Donnelly Wildlife Management Area office at 843-844-8957.

EARLY-SEASON MIGRATORY BIRD SEASONS APPROVED BY NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD The S.C. Natural Resources Board recently approved migratory bird hunting seasons for mourning doves, marsh hens (rails), woodcock, snipe, moorhens, purple gallinules, teal and an early season for Canada geese.

 

STATEWIDE DEER HARVEST STABLE IN 2005

QUAIL UNLIMITED MIDLANDS FUNDS HABITAT AT MANCHESTER STATE FOREST

Long Creek Archery has relocated in Abbeville. See the new facility with 15 shooting lanes, an archery pro shop and fishing and hunting accessories.       www.lcarchery.com    

QUAIL UNLIMITED CHAPTER MAKES DONATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA DNR SMALL GAME PROJECT

DNR Biologist Selected to Head National Bobwhite Quail Project

Hunters asked to participate in phone survey

Antler Scoring Sessions set across South Carolina

UPSTATE SPECIAL DEER HUNTS SUCCESSFUL FOR DNR, PARTNERS

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 The 10th Annual Pee Dee Deer Classic    

     The 10th Annual Pee Dee Deer Classic in Florence was great! The deer mounts were breathtaking and I couldn't help but notice that each mount had it's own personality- none of them were the same. With incredible antler mass and design they were really beautiful. I met a lot of really nice and interesting people. I have put the show together as a photo gallery so you can take a tour of the show, see who was there, and I've included contact information for as many as possible.

Take a tour of The 10th Annual Pee Dee Deer Classic

     The Civic Center was packed with all kinds of hunting and fishing items- some really new- I will be including  the latest in fishing lures in this weeks issue. Lures handcrafted by David Maxwell of Maxwell's Fishing Lures , Stedman, North Carolina, take the art of wooden handmade top- water plug to a new level.

Larry Feagin buys handmade wooden lures from David Maxwell

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