<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.sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0 { 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.sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435000003 { 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="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:20:01"><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000000">41:06:20:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000001">.  West River prairie deer hunting season established </span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">--</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000001"> Number and type of licenses.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0"> The West River prairie deer hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day for 16 consecutive days beginning on the Saturday 12 days </span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">before</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0"> Thanksgiving</span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0"> except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:20:02"><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000002">41:06:20:02</span></a><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0"> In addition, any hunter possessing a valid antlerless deer or antlerless whitetail deer tag in any West River unit may hunt from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day for nine consecutive days beginning on the third Saturday following Thanksgiving. No more than 20,000 one-tag, 15,000 two-tag and 10,000 three-tag deer licenses may be issued to residents for the West River prairie deer hunting season.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">    </span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 78, effective June 19, 1975; 2 SDR 88, effective July 1, 1976; 3 SDR 87, effective June 26, 1977; 5 SDR 108, effective June 28, 1979; 8 SDR 170, effective June 20, 1982; 9 SDR 158, effective June 14, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 13 SDR 9, effective August 3, 1986; 14 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1987; 15 SDR 3, effective July 21, 1988; 19 SDR 207, effective July 14, 1993; 21 SDR 14, effective August 3, 1994; 24 SDR 156, effective May 17, 1998; 29 SDR 29, effective August 26, 2002; 30 SDR 21, effective August 25, 2003; 31 SDR 21, effective August 23, 2004; 36 SDR 21, effective August 18, 2009; 41 SDR 14, effective August 10, 2015</span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">; 43 SDR 9, effective August 1, 2016; 44 SDR 17, effective August 7, 2017</span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018</span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021</span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">    </span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">(1)(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">    </span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">(1)(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">    </span><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">    Resident big game license required, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-19"><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000002">41-6-19</span></a><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">    Nonresident big game license required, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-20"><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0-000002">41-6-20</span></a><span class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sea881c8d-adff-41c6-a9a1-7bc4158d5435000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>