<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.sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0 { 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.sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:07:03"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000000">41:06:07:03</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000001">.  </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000001">Hunting bison -- Equipment requirements</span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">Except as otherwise provided in this section, bison</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> may be hunted </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">only </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">with a </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">firearm that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> is at least .270 caliber and which produces at least </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">two thousand two hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> foot-pounds of muzzle energy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">    </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">During the Custer State Park trophy bull bison harvest season, as established in §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:42:01"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003">41:06:42:01</span></a><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">, and during the Custer State Park non</span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">-</span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">trophy bison harvest season, as established in §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:60:01"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003">41:06:60:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">, bison may be harvested with archery equipment as described in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:05"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003">41:06:05</span></a><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">    </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 3 SDR 13, effective August 25, 1976; 8 SDR 15, effective August 19, 1981; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1985; repealed, 21 SDR 102, effective December 8, 1994; readopted, 21 SDR 207, effective June 5, 1995; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">; 51 SDR 13, effective August 14, 2024</span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">    </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">(14)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-17-1.1"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003">41-17-1.1</span></a><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">    </span><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">(14)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-17-1.1"><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0-000003">41-17-1.1</span></a><span class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sffe49461-4fe2-4bc2-9988-77d39cee33c8000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>