<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.s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0 { 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.s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000003 { 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="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:21:01"><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000000">41:06:21:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000001">.  East River deer hunting season established </span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">--</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000001"> Number and type of licenses.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> The East River 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 before Thanksgiving. In addition, any hunter possessing a valid antlerless deer or antlerless whitetail deer tag in any East River unit may hunt from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day for </span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">nine</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> consecutive days beginning on the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> third</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> Saturday following </span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">Thanksgiving</span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> No more than 30,000 one-tag, 15,000 two-tag, and 5,000 three-tag deer licenses may be issued to residents for the East River deer hunting season.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">    </span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 78, effective June 19, 1975; 6 SDR 129, effective July 13, 1980; 9 SDR 14, effective August 8, 1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 22, effective August 9, 1984; 12 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1985; 13 SDR 26, effective September 10, 1986; 14 SDR 40, effective September 23, 1987; 21 SDR 35, effective August 31, 1994; 22 SDR 28, effective September 4, 1995; 24 SDR 23, effective August 31, 1997; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 29 SDR 21, effective August 26, 2002; 30 SDR 21, effective August 25, 2003; 31 SDR 21, effective August 23, 2004; 32 SDR 31, effective August 29, 2005; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 39 SDR 32, effective September 5, 2012</span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">; 43 SDR 9, effective August 1, 2016</span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">; 44 SDR 17, effective August 7, 2017; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018</span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021</span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">    </span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">    </span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">    </span><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">    Resident big game license required, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-19"><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000003">41-6-19</span></a><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">    Nonresident big game license required, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-20"><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0-000003">41-6-20</span></a><span class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s06c7533b-626e-4b09-9e12-88ca00259133000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>