<html> <head> <title>Rule 41:06:46:06 Landowner/operator depredation permits.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 41:06:46:06"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 41:06:46:06 Landowner/operator depredation permits."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt; color:black;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>41:06:46:06.&nbsp;&nbsp;Landowner/operator depredation permits.</b> A resident landowner/operator who is experiencing documented big game depredation and who is actually operating agricultural or grazing land within the specific geographic area in which a depredation hunt has been authorized and for which depredation permits are being issued pursuant to &#167;&nbsp;41:06:46:05 may apply for a landowner/operator depredation permit on a form provided by the department. The application and permits are free of charge. The department may issue no more than four deer, antelope, and turkey and no more than one elk landowner/operator depredation permits to each household or ranch in the area designated for the depredation hunt. Landowner preference does not apply. The killing and taking of the game animals specified in the permit must occur on the agricultural or grazing land of the landowner/operator.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 19 SDR 207, effective July 14, 1993; 28 SDR 44, effective October 3, 2001; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006; 43 SDR 89, effective December 29, 2016.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-2-18">41-2-18(2)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-6-29.1">41-6-29.1.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-6-29.1">41-6-29.1.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>