Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
Turkey hunters must report harvest by app, website or phone
SC Game Check, a new electronic harvest reporting system designed to track wild turkey harvest on a daily, county-by-county basis, is required by law, and...
Taking wild turkey eggs, releasing pen-raised turkeys is illegal
The SCDNR is frequently contacted concerning wild turkey nests that appear to be abandoned, resulting in concern for the welfare of the nest and eggs. Some...
New regulations ban tegus, require owner registration
New regulations effective as of May 28, 2021 ban non-native Argentine black and white tegus from being brought into South Carolina or reproduced, and also...
Turkey lottery applications now available
Applications for turkey lottery hunts on public lands are available now through March 1 at 5 p.m.
A nonrefundable fee of $5 is required of all applicants for...
Deer tags in mail for simplified tagging system
Tags for the 2019 white-tailed deer season now hitting mailboxes of South Carolina deer hunters have one big change hunters will notice immediately.
Based on...
New multi-site deer lottery applications close Aug. 15
Applications for the new unrestricted multi-site deer hunt lottery for on public lands hunts are open through Aug. 15.
New just this year, the unrestricted...
Android SC Game Check users must update their app
Following numerous reports that Android phone users could not report their turkey harvest as required, the DNR advises all Android smartphone users to delete...
Taking wild turkey eggs, releasing pen raised turkeys is illegal
The DNR is frequently contacted concerning wild turkey nests that appear to be abandoned, resulting in concern for the welfare of the nest and eggs.
Some...