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Rule 41:06:58 RESIDENT PHEASANT HUNTING SEASON

CHAPTER 41:06:58

RESIDENT PHEASANT HUNTING SEASON

Section

41:06:58:01        Resident pheasant hunting season established.

41:06:58:02        Areas open to hunting.

41:06:58:03        Shooting hours -- Bag and possession limits -- License requirements.

41:06:58:04        Season eligibility.




Rule 41:06:58:01 Resident pheasant hunting season established.

          41:06:58:01.  Resident pheasant hunting season established. A resident pheasant hunting season is open statewide for three consecutive days beginning on the second Saturday of October.

          Source: 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005.

          General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).




Rule 41:06:58:02 Areas open to hunting.

          41:06:58:02.  Areas open to hunting. The resident pheasant hunting season is only open to hunting on the following areas:

 

          (1)  All department owned, leased, managed, or controlled property otherwise open to hunting;

 

          (2)  Department managed or leased property designated as a Walk In Area;

 

          (3)  Property otherwise open to the hunting of upland game birds located on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl production areas, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation property, U.S. Forest Service National Grasslands property, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property adjacent to the Missouri River, and State School and Public Lands; and

 

          (4)  Public road rights-of-way as defined in SDCL 41-9-1.3 which are contiguous to and a part of those public lands as identified in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3).

 

          Source: 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.

          General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

 




Rule 41:06:58:03 Shooting hours -- Bag and possession limits -- License requirements.

          41:06:58:03.  Shooting hours -- Bag and possession limits -- License requirements. The shooting hours are 10:00 a.m. Central Time to sunset each day. The daily bag limit is three male pheasants. No person may have in possession more than nine male pheasants taken according to the daily bag limit.

 

          Source: 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001; 32 SDR 203, effective June 5, 2006; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020.

          General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

 




Rule 41:06:58:04 Season eligibility.

          41:06:58:04.  Season eligibility. Only residents of the state are eligible to hunt during this season.

          Source: 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001.

          General Authority:SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

          Law Implemented:SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

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