<html> <head> <title>Rule 41:09:01:02 Release of male birds required -- Harvest limited.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 41:09:01:02"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 41:09:01:02 Release of male birds required -- Harvest limited."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>41:09:01:02.&nbsp;&nbsp;Release of male birds required -- Harvest limited.</b> </span><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A</span><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> permittee must release a minimum of 600 male pheasants on each of the permittee's shooting preserves. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>T</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>he minimum release</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> required by this section</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> is reduced to 300 male pheasants on each of the permittee's shooting preserves if the permittee has not received a shooting preserve operating permit any time prior to the current permit or no portion of land contained within the current permit has been a part of a previously permitted shooting preserve.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Only male birds released from August 1 </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>through</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> March 31 may be counted toward the required minimum and included on the game release records. A shooting preserve may release hens</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>. No</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> released</span><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> hens</span><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> may be shot. Pheasants released must be Chinese ring-necked pheasants. &quot;Jumbo&quot; Chinese ring-necked pheasants may not be released. Turkeys released must be wild turkeys</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> as defined </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>in &#167;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>41:06:00.01:02. Prior to any harvest, birds of that species must be released on the preserve. At no time following the required releases may a permittee allow the number of wild and released birds harvested to exceed 100 percent of the number of birds </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>that</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> have been released. All birds must be healthy when released.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> SL 1975, ch 16, &#167;&nbsp;1; 3 SDR 13, effective August 25, 1976; 5 SDR 46, effective December 11, 1978; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 170, effective April 28, 1986; 13 SDR 26, effective September 10, 1986; 14 SDR 114, effective March 9, 1988; 16 SDR 148, effective March 21, 1990; 23 SDR 20, effective August 13, 1996; 25 SDR 193, adopted July 19, 1998, effective July 1, 1999; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 31 SDR 191, adopted May 18, 2005, effective April 1, 2006; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-2-18">41-2-18(2)(16).</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-2-18">41-2-18(2)(16)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-10-2">41-10-2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-10-14">41-10-14.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>