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HB 1206 authorize the use of handguns in the hunting of game birds.
State of South Dakota  
NINETY-FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016  

552X0616   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1206  

Introduced by:    Representatives Werner, Beal, Brunner, Campbell, Feickert, Klumb, Marty, May, Otten (Herman), Qualm, Schaefer, Schoenbeck, Steinhauer, Verchio, Westra, Willadsen, Wink, and Wollmann and Senators Cammack, Frerichs, Holien, Olson, Rampelberg, and Van Gerpen
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to authorize the use of handguns in the hunting of game birds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That ARSD 41:06:04:12 be amended to read:
    41:06:04:12...Use of rifles and certain handguns to hunt birds prohibited _ Exception for wild turkeys. The use of rifles and handguns in the hunting of game birds is prohibited. However A handgun that fires .410 gauge shot shells may be used in the hunting of nonmigratory game birds. However, no handgun may be loaded with any ammunition other than shot shells during the time the game birds are being hunted. In addition, shoulder-held firearms using ammunition which is factory-rated to produce at least 700 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle and handguns using ammunition which is factory-rated to produce at least 500 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle may be used in the hunting of wild turkeys. Muzzleloading firearms and muzzleloading shotguns may also be used in the hunting of wild turkeys.


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