Spotlighting Deer and Legal Shooting Hours

[Palmetto Bug]

Has anyone been convicted of using a light during legal shooting hours on a bow to kill a deer?

Do you think it has ever been witnessed by a game warden?

[2thDoc]

if you read this thread, you will be told its not illegal....

[JABIII]

You people spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about the diarrhea that spews from the minds of bored politicians...

[Ghetto]

What do you mean JAB?

How does that or “worry” that others mention pertain to this discussion?

[ccleroy]

For a moment I thought I had stepped back to circa 2001 and the old SCDNR Forum.

[Coastal Woodie]

No new laws
No new fees
No new taxes

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[Palmetto Bug]

I don't really have a problem with a bow hunter using a light to assure a good shot in poor light on a deer that's already in range. I think the unethical use of a light is when it is used to locate deer.

[JABIII]

What do you mean JAB?

How does that or “worry” that others mention pertain to this discussion?

What I mean is that Sportsmen lobbied to have SCMWRD created at the turn of the century to get a handle on poaching and over harvest by a small, but very effective subset of hunters. Look what all that begat. They turn a blind eye to rubberheads shooting ducks over live decoys twice a week, but are going to write you up for flashlighting a deer with your bow? Respect the resource, don't take more than the resource will bear, and don't sweat the bullshit...

[Ghetto]

What I mean is that Sportsmen lobbied to have SCMWRD created at the turn of the century to get a handle on poaching and over harvest by a small, but very effective subset of hunters. Look what all that begat. They turn a blind eye to rubberheads shooting ducks over live decoys twice a week, but are going to write you up for flashlighting a deer with your bow? Respect the resource, don't take more than the resource will bear, and don't sweat the bullshit...

10-4, I'm semi-retired from duck hunting and fully retired from keeping up with politics.

[BigBrother]

Pressure switch is the only way to go. And having a game warden tell you something g doesn’t mean much sometimes. My buddy once convinced a game warden the state hadn’t mailed him his federal stamp was why he didn’t have it. This was before you could purchase online from DNR and still had to go to post office or a sporting goods store....so just saying.

I've also had to correct and educate some LEO's on species on my strap.

[Arrowman]

I don't really have a problem with a bow hunter using a light to assure a good shot in poor light on a deer that's already in range. I think the unethical use of a light is when it is used to locate deer.

Bingo.

[Frank1]

For what its worth....I remember hunting a midlands state forest and talking with the game warden there and he told me he had some guys using red lights on thier bows and he was looking for them. He said he was going to "throw them under the jail" when he caught them. Dont know the outcome...

[Coastal Woodie]

For what its worth....I remember hunting a midlands state forest and talking with the game warden there and he told me he had some guys using red lights on thier bows and he was looking for them. He said he was going to "throw them under the jail" when he caught them. Dont know the outcome...

I have no clue about the state forest but some public lands in SC it says no artificial light can be used.

[SCHUNTINFANATIC]

Wait……….its illegal to shoot a deer at night with a spotlight? Oops!

[Ghetto]

No, it is commonplace and legal in South Carolina. Carry on.