Around South Carolina
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local raccoon information
Raccoon control in South Carolina
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Raccoons in South Carolina: what to know
What to note
Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Raccoons in South Carolina: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in South Carolina, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Not permitted
Relocation
SCDNR states plainly that relocation is not permitted in South Carolina, and neither is translocation; carbon dioxide is the preferred euthanasia method for raccoons.
South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesFree depredation permit
Permit to take a nuisance raccoon
A nuisance raccoon can be taken year-round with a depredation permit issued by SCDNR, and no permit is required when controlling nuisance raccoons within 100 yards of a property owner's residence.
South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesDecember 1 through March 1
Trapping season
The legal trapping season for raccoons; hunting season varies by game zone.
South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesRaccoon species recorded in South Carolina
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.
When raccoons are busiest in South Carolina
Breeding February to March; kits born April or May. Trapping season December 1 to March 1.
Rules that apply in South Carolina
For context, nationally
Sources: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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