<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3000003 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:01:10"><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000000">41:06:01:10</span></a><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000001">.  Prior application preference.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">The department shall set aside for landowner applications, as described in </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:01:07"><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000002">41:06:01:07</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">, </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">f</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">ifty percent of any licenses </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> are limited in number and issued by application and computer drawing</span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> for the Black Hills deer hunting season, the West River deer hunting season except for special buck licenses, the East River deer hunting season except for special buck licenses, the antelope hunting season</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> except for special antelope licenses</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">, the spring wild turkey hunting season, and the fall wild turkey hunting season. If an applicant is unsuccessful in drawing a license for a first-choice unit in the initial drawing for a specific season, the applicant shall receive a preference point for that season if </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">the applicant chooses</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> to purchase a preference point.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> The preference point fee must be waived for any person who is or was age 15 or younger in the same year when the preference point is acquired for any deer season described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:01:08.01"><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000002">41:06:01:08.01</span></a><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">. Any applicant for the first combined drawing of these deer seasons who meets this same age requirement and has never drawn a first-choice license must receive an additional preference point upon submission of an application.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> For elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and free access permits</span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> the applicant </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> receive a preference point at no charge if the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> applicant applies</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> for one of these seasons in the first draw and </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> unsuccessful. Preference points shall be applied to a subsequent initial drawing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> or may be used in a leftover license drawing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> application submitted by the applicant for the season in which the preference points were earned. No additional preference points may be issued if an applicant decides to use preference points in a drawing for leftover licenses and is unsuccessful in the draw.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> A person who obtains a leftover license using preference points may not acquire a preference point for that season.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">    </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> 5 SDR 108, effective June 28, 1979; 6 SDR 94, effective March 26, 1980; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 22, effective August 9, 1984; 14 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1987; 20 SDR 204, effective June 7, 1994; 21 SDR 86, effective November 10, 1994; 24 SDR 156, effective May 17, 1998; 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 27 SDR 126, effective June 6, 2001; 28 SDR 166, effective June 4, 2002; 32 SDR 203, effective June 5, 2006; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 42 SDR 146, effective May 5, 2016</span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">; 45 SDR 9, effective July 30, 2018</span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">; 45 SDR 124, effective April 17, 2019</span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">; 48 SDR 14, effective August 22, 2021</span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">    </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">(12)(13).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">    </span><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">(12)(13), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-21"><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000002">41-6-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-62"><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0-000002">41-6-62</span></a><span class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0fde2066-2a34-4622-ac07-51f1f936d0e3000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>