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    Default SCDOT land?

    Got in touch with the right person. Thanks for yalls help
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    Loaded question... Send me the coordinates via pm and I will see if I can help you out.
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    You lost me at creek that is navigable water.

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    If you have access by boat to hunt it, you are more than likely legal. Don't get out of the boat to hide or retrieve or you could be in for a ticket.

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    If you can access it by boat and remain within the normal high water mark/normal flood stage, you are legal. Exceptions to this are game management land, and also gaining access to a private impoundment(example: rice fields near the coast) where the dike has been breached. This is for SC, not other states.

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    Trespassing to hunt waterfowl is 18 points...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubberhead* View Post
    Trespassing to hunt waterfowl is 18 points...
    I say he should chance it!
    "Hunt today to kill tomorrow." - Ron Jolly

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    Quote Originally Posted by tman View Post
    I say he should chance it!
    You've got a good point.
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    Yeah definitely not chancing it. Not worth it in any way. I'm gonna call them back tomorrow and see if I catch someone different that might know the answer. Thanks

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    You talking about a creek next to a church?

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    call DNR and ask to speak to the warden that cover that area.

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    Somebody is already hunting it. No dat!

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    Quote Originally Posted by uga_dawg View Post
    You lost me at creek that is navigable water.
    You'd be surprised at what the EPA defines as "navigable" under the new Clean Water Act.

    To the OP, since you said there's a state road going down the side of this creek, more than likely the creek falls inside of the DOT's right-of-way. I'd call the local game warden and talk with him. If he can't give you a definitive answer on whether you can hunt it or not then I'm not sure how he can enforce a penalty for trespassing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mars Bluff View Post
    Somebody is already hunting it. No dat!
    The Game Warden is probably hunting it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ1965 View Post
    The Game Warden is probably hunting it.
    Had that same situation happen years ago. I asked the local DNR officer, and he said no. Found out at the end of the season why he said no. The place was loaded with widgeon and gadwall, and plenty of other species.

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    Default SCDOT land?

    Two things are at play here.

    1.) the Supreme Court is on your side as long as you stay in the boat as they have repeatedly ruled that "navigability in fact is navigability in law".

    2.) Game Wardens, in my experience, come in two categories in regards to trespassing: those who won't fool with it and will tell you to call the county sheriff's office and those who don't know shit about what constitutes a property line and it's location. The latter tend to be arrogant pricks that, unknowingly, are their own worst enemy.

    To the OP I will say, do your homework to find out who is the true owner of the property then make your decision as to what you wish to do in the future pertaining to hunting or not hunting. If your decision is to hunt it then you need to have your defense already in place. If you have no defense and still decide to hunt it then take whatever happens like a man, good or bad.
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    Tell them Buck Limehouse said you could hunt it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hogg View Post
    Tell them Buck Limehouse said you could hunt it.
    this made my night

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    If you are not paying the tax on the property, you are trespassing. Stay within the banks of the navigable stream.
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    Furtunately, or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, that ain't necessarily true.

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