<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.s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0 { 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.s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083d000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000003 { 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="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:16:05"><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000000">41:06:16:05</span></a><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000001">.  Possession limit.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> The possession limit</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> for ducks, including mergansers,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> is three times the daily bag limit for each species.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">    A person may</span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> at any one time</span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">, possess</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> no more than 45 coot</span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> taken according to the daily bag limit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">    </span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> 1 SDR 26, effective September 11, 1974; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 15 SDR 50, effective October 6, 1988; 20 SDR 45, effective October 4, 1993; 21 SDR 56, effective September 29, 1994; 22 SDR 46, effective October 8, 1995; 23 SDR 38, effective September 26, 1996; 24 SDR 44, effective October 14, 1997; 25 SDR 43, effective September 28, 1998; 26 SDR 41, effective September 28, 1999; 28 SDR 44, effective October 3, 2001; 29 SDR 29, effective September 8, 2002; 30 SDR 40, effective October 1, 2003; 32 SDR 45, effective September 20, 2005; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 37 SDR 53, effective September 27, 2010; 39 SDR 33, effective September 5, 2012; 40 SDR 39, effective September 9, 2013</span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">; 48 SDR 132, effective July 5, 2022</span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">    </span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">(2)(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-11-5"><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000003">41-11-5</span></a><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">    </span><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">(2)(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-11-5"><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0-000003">41-11-5</span></a><span class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s88513a25-7b58-4533-acfd-c3cfecc7083d000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>