<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.s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0 { 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.s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000003 { 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="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:59:01"><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000000">41:06:59:01</span></a><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000001">.  Prairie elk hunting season established -- Number and type of licenses available -- Season dates.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> The prairie elk hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day of the season. No more than </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">two hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">"</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">any elk</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">"</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> licenses and </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">no more than four hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">"</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">antlerless elk</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">"</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> licenses may be issued for the prairie elk hunting season. The prairie elk hunting seasons are as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (1)  Unit PRE-09A is open from September </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> December </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">thirty-first</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (2)  Unit PRE-11A is open from July </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">fifteenth</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> August </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">thirty-first</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (3)  Unit PRE-11B is open from September </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">October fifteenth</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (4)  Unit PRE-11C is open from October </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">sixteenth through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> November </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">thirtieth</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (5)  Unit PRE-11D is open </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">from</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> September </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">October</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">thirty-first</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (6)  </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">Unit PRE-11E is open from November first through December thirty-first;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (7)  Unit PRE-11F is open from January first through the last day of February;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (8)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">Unit PRE-15A is open from September </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> December </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">thirty-first</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (9)  Unit PRE-15B is open from December first through January thirty-first;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">10</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">)  Unit PRE-27A is open from </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">September</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> December </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">thirty-first;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (11)  Unit PRE-35A is open from September fifteenth through December thirty-first;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (12)  Unit PRE-35B is open from September fifteenth through December thirty-first;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (13)  Unit PRE-35C is open from October first through November fifteenth;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (14)  Unit PRE-35D is open from November sixteenth through December thirty-first;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (15)  Unit PRE-35E is open from October first through November fifteenth;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (16)  Unit PRE-35F is open from November sixteenth through December thirty-first;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (17)  Unit PRE-49A is open from September fifteenth through October thirty-first and from December first through December thirty-first; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    (18)  Unit PRE-WRA is open from September first through December thirty-first</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 42 SDR 146, effective May 5, 2016</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">; 46 SDR 130, effective May 28, 2020</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">; 48 SDR 115, effective May 24, 2022; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024; 51 SDR 123, effective May 26, 2025</span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">(1)(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">(1)(2)(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-21"><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000003">41-6-21</span></a><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    </span><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    Hunting license fees, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:02:03"><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000003">41:06:02:03</span></a><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    Combination licenses -- Issuance, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-10.1"><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000003">41-6-10.1</span></a><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">    Resident big game license -- Privileges and fee -- Violation as misdemeanor, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-19"><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0-000003">41-6-19</span></a><span class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7cd2ca2d-eae2-4d03-9061-2d6d70775cd3000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>