State: SC

Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director In December, National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses Executive Council President and South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Representative Brian White introduced knife preemption legislation. Preemption prevents regulation by local jurisdictions and creates uniformity across the state so knife owners are not subject to a confusing patchwork of local …

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Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On September 28, Governor Henry McMaster signed legislation into law that expands the apprentice hunting license program. House Bill 3800 passed the Senate on September 17 after the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) and partners in the Families Afield coalition worked with the South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) …

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Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director On September 17, legislation that would expand the apprentice hunting license program passed the South Carolina Senate. This legislation previously passed the House on April 3, 2019 and will advance to the Governor’s desk once ratified.  Sponsored by South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) Member Representative Bobby Cox, …

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Contact: Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director On July 24, South Carolina became the ninth state to ban the use of natural deer urine as an attractant. The new regulation from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) will ban the use of lures or attractants that contain any excretion collected from a deer (including …

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Contact: Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director On June 7, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), in conjunction with the South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, hosted the 3rd Annual South Carolina Sporting Clays Classic at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield. The event brought together elected officials, state agency leaders, members of …

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Contact Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director South Carolina Senate Bill 575, sponsored by former South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Chair Senator Chip Campsen, received final passage shortly before sine die on May 9. The legislation established new turkey hunting regulations meant to address the general decline in wild turkey populations in the Palmetto State. After …

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Contact: Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director On May 1, the South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus hosted its annual spring legislative fishing event in Columbia. The day began with striped-bass fishing on Lake Murray and concluded with a legislative reception and fish fry that evening. At the dinner, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) …

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By Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director On February 27, South Carolina Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Senator Chip Campsen introduced legislation addressing current wild turkey regulations. The effort is in response to the general decline in wild turkey populations in the Palmetto State, and across the Southeast, as well as the need for enabling legislation addressing …

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By Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director On July 19, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) hosted the 2nd Annual South Carolina Sporting Clays Classic in Edgefield at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) Palmetto Shooting Complex. The event gathered South Carolina and Georgia state legislative sportsmen’s caucus members, respective state agency leadership, nearly 200 members of …

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By Bee Frederick, Southeastern States Director On May 18, legislation to reauthorize the South Carolina Conservation Bank was signed into law by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. House Bill 4727 would enable the Conservation Bank to continue its duties and functions for collaborative conservation efforts in South Carolina, this time without a sunset limitation. In …

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