Reporting your Wild Turkey Harvest is now Required by Law

What is SC Game Check?

SC Game Check is an electronic harvest reporting system through the new Go Outdoors SC system designed to track wild turkey harvest on a daily, county-by-county basis. SC Game Check is required by law and all turkey hunters in South Carolina must report their harvest by midnight on the day of harvest. Reporting your harvest is quick, easy, and free through the new Go Outdoors SC app, website portal, toll-free phone number, or, new this year, hunters can report their harvest by text.

Why SC Game Check?

SC Game Check will provide detailed daily harvest totals and trends throughout the season. It will also provide harvest data on private land vs. public land. This, in addition to the harvest data and hunter effort data received from post-season mail surveys, will aid SCDNR in evaluating the impact of season frameworks and help provide recommendations for regulatory and legislative decisions and allow for more adaptive approaches to managing wild turkeys into the future. Additionally, the reporting system, along with the already required physical tagging of wild turkeys, will foster and enhance bag limit compliance and provide an additional tool for enforcement of limits and regulations.

How do I report my harvest?

After harvesting and tagging your wild turkey, simply report the harvest by midnight that day by:

• Reporting your harvest in the Go Outdoors SC app, or
• Entering the harvest online through Go Outdoors SC, or
• Calling the SC Game Check reporting phone line at 1-833-4SC-GAME (1-833-472-4263)
• Through the NEW Text to Harvest option by texting “Harvest” to 1-833-472-4263 and follow the prompts.

Take your pick and use the method that works best for you.

What information do I need to Report a Harvest?

Before getting started, please start by verifying your information.

• SCDNR CUSTOMER ID # located on your hunting license or turkey tags (DO NOT enter the “C” or the string of zeros that preceding your customer ID # TAG COLOR/CODE on your harvested bird
• COUNTY where you harvested the turkey
• TYPE OF LAND (public or private),
• NAME OF THE WMA OR OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY(if harvested on public land)
• AGE OF THE TURKEY (Jake or Longbeard)
• TIME OF DAY (am or pm) of the harvest

If you are reporting your harvest by telephone, the following list of COUNTY CODES will make the process easier:

01 ABBEVILLE	02 AIKEN	03 ALLENDALE	04 ANDERSON
05 BAMBERG	06 BARNWELL	07 BEAUFORT	08 BERKELEY
09 CALHOUN	10 CHARLESTON	11 CHEROKEE	12 CHESTER
13 CHESTERFIELD	14 CLARENDON	15 COLLETON	16 DARLINGTON
17 DILLON	18 DORCHESTER	19 EDGEFIELD	20 FAIRFIELD
21 FLORENCE	22 GEORGETOWN	23 GREENVILLE	24 GREENWOOD
25 HAMPTON	26 HORRY	27 JASPER	28 KERSHAW
29 LANCASTER	30 LAURENS	31 LEE	32 LEXINGTON
33 McCORMICK	34 MARION	35 MARLBORO	36 NEWBERRY
37 OCONEE	38 ORANGEBURG	39 PICKENS	40 RICHLAND
41 SALUDA	42 SPARTANBURG	43 SUMTER	44 UNION
45 WILLIAMSBURG	46 YORK

It's a fast and convenient process and you will receive a confirmation number when you are done.

Report Turkey Harvest Online