SCDNR holding numerous deer scoring sessions in March

Sessions will be held in all regions of SC

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has scheduled a series off scoring sessions for whitetail deer across the Palmetto State in March.

The SCDNR scores racks every march and adds more animals to the state’s all-time record book. Minimum scores for state-record listing are 125 points for typical animals and 145 points for non-typicals — scored according to the Boone and Crockett Club’s system.

The record book currently lists 6,717 typical racks and 278 non-typicals, with 213 deer added during the 2017 scoring seesions.

Hunters must provide documentation, such as the date and county of kill, and they must sign a “fair chase” statement. Antlers in velvet, or those that have been broken and repaired — or antlers that have been separated from the skull plate — cannot be measured.

Here is a list of this month’s scoring sessions:

March 1, Greenville, Cabela’s, 1025 Woodruff Rd. Suite H101, 2-8 p.m. 864-516-8100.

March 2, Bath, Wilson’s Taxidermy, 158 Victory Lane, 8:30 a.m. -5 p.m., 803-593-3357.

March 6, Anderson, Academy Sports, 3423 Clemson Blvd., 2-8 p.m., 864-261-2400.

March 8, 2-8 p.m., Pickens, Durham’s Grocery, 3210 Walhalla Hwy., Six Mile, (864) 868-2070.

March 9, Gilbert, Price’s Country Store, 540 Peach Festival Rd., 1-5 p.m., 803-892-2457.

March 13, Greenwood, Hunter’s Headquarters, 1845 Calhoun Rd., 2-7 p.m., 864-223-1911.

March 14, Bonneau, Dennis Wildlife Center, 305 Black Oak Rd.,  9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 843-825-3387. Please all ahead.

March 23-25, Columbia, Palmetto Sportsmen’s Classic, State Fairgrounds, 12-8 p.m. March 23, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. March 24, 1:30-6 p.m. March 25, 803-734-3886.

Deer can be scored throughout March at these five regional SCDNR locations, by appointment only.

Camden: DNR Office, 632 West Dekalb St. Room 211, 843-309-5165.

Clemson: DNR Office, 311 Natural Resources Dr., 864-654-1671 (ext. 16).

Columbia: DNR office, 1000 Assembly St., 803-734-8738.

Florence: DNR office, 295 S. Evander Dr., 843-661-4768.

Union: DNR Office, 124 Wildlife Drive, Union, 864-427-5140.