<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.s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0 { 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.s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C3 { color: black; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003 { 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="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:13:01"><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000000">41:06:13:01</span></a><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001">.  Spring wild turkey hunting season</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001"> established -- Number and type of licenses available.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0"> The spring </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">prairie </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">wild turkey hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset each day from the </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">second</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0"> Saturday of April </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0"> </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">May thirty-first</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0"> The spring Black Hills wild turkey hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset each day from the fourth Saturday of April through May thirty-first. The spring archery wild turkey hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset each day during the open dates of the prairie and Black Hills seasons, respectively. The number of one-tag male turkey licenses issued is unlimited for residents and nonresidents in the archery spring turkey hunting season</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C3">The number of one-tag male turkey licenses issued in the Black Hills turkey hunting season to residents is unlimited. No more than two thousand two hundred twenty-five one-tag male turkey licenses in the Black Hills turkey hunting season may be issued to nonresidents. </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">No more than ten thousand one-tag male turkey and two thousand five hundred two-tag male turkey licenses may be issued to residents for the prairie spring turkey hunting season.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">    </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0"> 1 SDR 60, effective February 26, 1975; 2 SDR 62, effective March 23, 1976; 3 SDR 67, effective April 3, 1977; 4 SDR 57, effective March 16, 1978; 7 SDR 92, effective March 22, 1981; 8 SDR 102, effective March 4, 1982; 9 SDR 108, effective February 20, 1983; 10 SDR 85, effective February 16, 1984; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 110, effective February 21, 1985; 13 SDR 128, effective March 22, 1987; 14 SDR 114, effective March 9, 1988; 16 SDR 148, effective March 21, 1990; 18 SDR 144, effective March 15, 1992; 26 SDR 117, effective March 16, 2000; 28 SDR 129, effective March 18, 2002; 29 SDR 147, effective May 6, 2003; 30 SDR 147, effective April 4, 2004; 31 SDR 115, effective February 14, 2005; 34 SDR 199, effective January 28, 2008; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 37 SDR 131, effective January 10, 2011</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">; 43 SDR 89, effective December 29, 2016</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">; 49 SDR 46, effective November 21, 2022; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">    </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">(2)</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">(17)</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">    </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-11-5"><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003">41-11-5</span></a><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">    </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">    </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">Resident wild turkey license--Privileges--Violation as misdemeanor</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-27"><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003">41-6-</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003">27</span></a><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">    </span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">Nonresident wild turkey license--Privileges--Violation as misdemeanor</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-28"><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003">41-6-</span><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0-000003">28</span></a><span class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s903b7562-a72c-46b2-b8ea-c52c625aac75000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>