<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.s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaP0 { 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.s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6ea000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000003 { 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="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:49:01"><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000000">41:06:49:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000001">.  Youth </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000001">and mentored youth </span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000001">waterfowl hunting season established.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> The youth </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">and mentored youth </span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">waterfowl hunting season is open</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> statewide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> for two consecutive days from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily beginning </span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">fourteen days</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> prior to the Saturday </span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">closest to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> September</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> twenty-fourth</span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6ea000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">    </span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> 23 SDR 38, effective September 26, 1996; 24 SDR 23, effective August 31, 1997; 25 SDR 21, effective August 27, 1998; 26 SDR 21, effective August 23, 1999; 27 SDR 18, effective September 12, 2000; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 31 SDR 21, effective August 23, 2004; 34 SDR 49, effective August 22, 2007</span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">; 51 SDR 140, effective June 30, 2025</span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">    </span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">    </span><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-11-5"><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0-000003">41-11-5</span></a><span class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6eaP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6975d124-b577-456b-bfdb-b4973e99d6ea000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>