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Committee approves changes to wildlife management area seasons and names; one member dissents
Summary
The committee approved Document 54 41, which extends raccoon dog training season on most WMAs, expands hog hunting seasons on 14 WMAs and National Forest lands, sets seasons for two WMAs and renames/combines WMAs in Jasper County; the vote was 8 to 1 with one member opposed.
The committee approved Document 54 41, a set of amendments to wildlife management area (WMA) regulations presented by Billy Dukes, chief of the wildlife section at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Dukes described substantive changes that include extending raccoon dog training season from roughly 5½ months to 9 months on most WMA lands (excluding National Forest lands), expanding hog hunting seasons on 14 WMAs and National Forest lands, renaming or combining two WMAs in Jasper County, and establishing seasons on Sandy Run WMA (Orangeburg County) and turkey season on Coosahatchee WMA (Jasper County). "We're proposing to amend the existing regulations that set season bag limits and methods for hunting and taking of wildlife on wildlife management areas," Dukes said.
Members asked few questions; the committee recorded a roll call vote of 8 to 1 to approve the regulation. One member, recorded as voting “No,” expressed concern (recorded in the roll call) but no detailed dissenting argument appears in the transcript.
The regulation will be implemented by the department under existing WMA rulemaking processes; the transcript records the vote and the chair’s acknowledgment of approval.
