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Pretty sure you can't since they're federally protected.
I'm pretty sure you can since the Farmer's around me have all gotten permission from the local game warden. Just check with the game warden in your area. They cannot be killed for sport (so I don't think you need a permit) but the Game Warden can give permission if the hawk is a nuisance and is killing livestock and costing the Farmer money. At least that is how it was explained to me.
According to the 2010-2011 DNR manual "Protected Nongame - The following species are protected and may not be hunted, molested, caught, transported, sold or possessed in any manner: birds of prey (eagles, hawks, osprey, owls, kites and vultures) and nongame birds (except English sparrows, pigeons and starlings). Falconers must possess a SCDNR permit." Page 15 of 54 in
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/pdf/rulesregs1011.pdf
HOWEVER, on the Nuisance Wildlife page under the DNR website (
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/nwco.html), the following is said about removing problematic wildlife by utilizing a permitted wildlife control operator: "Depredation permits may be obtained at no cost from any regional Wildlife Management Section or from a local Natural Resources Enforcement Officer. These permits are valid for 30 days, and are renewable if additional time is needed to alleviate the problem.
Additional permits may be required when dealing with Federally-protected birds. A depredation permit is not required when capturing any nuisance furbearer or squirrel causing property damage within one-hundred yards of a home". Here is a PDF link to all the wildlife control officers in SC. Not a single one lists hawks as something they will remove.
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/nwco.pdf.
This is simply information available to the public-at-large.