<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.s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0 { 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.s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000003 { 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="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:56:02"><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000000">41:06:56:02</span></a><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000001">.  Open units.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> The open units</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> for the bighorn sheep hunting season are as follows</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Unit BHS-BH2: that portion of Custer and Fall River </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">C</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">ounties within a line beginning at the junction of </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">U.S. Highway</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> 16 and the </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Wyoming</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> state line, east on </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">U.S. Highway</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> 16 to the intersection of </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">U.S. Highway</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> 16 and Mann R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d (USFS R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 270) then south along Mann R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d to Pass Creek R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d (USFS R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 272) then south on Pass Creek </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Road </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">to Richardson Cutoff (USFS R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 276) then east on Richardson Cutoff to Pleasant Valley R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d (USFS R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 715) then south on Pleasant Valley R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d to Pilger Mountain R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d (USFS </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Road </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">317) then south on Pilger Mountain R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d to County R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 15 then south on County R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 15 to </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">U.S. Highway</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> 18 then west on </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">U.S. Highway</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> 18 to County R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 16 then north on County R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 16 to Dewey R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d (USFS R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d 769) then north and west on Dewey R</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">oa</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">d to the Custer County line then west on the Custer </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">C</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">ounty line to the </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Wyoming</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> state line then north on the </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Wyoming</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> state line to the point of origin;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    (</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">2</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">  </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Unit BHS-BH3: that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River and north of Highway 44 and that portion of Jackson County north of the White Rive</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">r</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    (</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">3</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">  </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Unit BHS-BH4: that portion of Custer</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">, Meade, Lawrence,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> and Pennington </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">C</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">ounties beginning at the junction of the Wyoming state line</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> and Interstate 90 then south on Interstate 90 to Elk Vale Road then south on Elk Vale Road to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">SD</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> Highway 79 then south on </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">SD </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Highway 79 to the Custer/Fall River </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">C</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">ounty line then west on the Custer/Fall River </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">C</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">ounty line to Pilger Mountain Road then north on Pilger Mountain Road to Pleasant Valley Road then north and east on Pleasant Valley Road to Richardson Cutoff then north on Richardson Cutoff to Pass Creek Road then west and north on Pass Creek Road to Mann Road then north on Mann Road </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">to U.S. Highway 16 then west on U.S. Highway 16 to the Wyoming state line, then north on the Wyoming state line </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">to the point of origin, excluding</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> Custer State Park</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    (</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">4</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">  </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">Unit BHS-CSP: the fenced portion of Custer State Park.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 33 SDR 212, effective June 4, 2007; 34 SDR 297, effective June 4, 2008; 40 SDR 175, effective February 11, 2014; 44 SDR 151, effective April 30, 2018</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024; 51 SDR 123, effective May 26, 2025</span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">(1)(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">    </span><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835C0">(1)(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5588c915-1e43-49b6-9c42-a2756160a835000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>