<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.s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252P0 { 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.s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:03:01:19"><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000000">41:03:01:19</span></a><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000001">.  Limitation on tree stands, elevated platforms, and portable blinds.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> Construction or use of permanent tree stands, permanent blinds, and climbing devices is prohibited </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">on public </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">lands owned, leased,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> managed,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> or controlled by the department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> and on all private lands leased for public hunting access by the department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">. Portable tree stands, portable blinds, and climbing devices that do not utilize nails, wire, or bolts for attachment are allowed from August </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">March</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">thirty-first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">. Portable blinds may be used during the spring turkey seasons established in chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:13"><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000002">41:06:13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:15"><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000002">41:06:15</span></a><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">, by licensed spring turkey hunters. One screw-in "T" may be used to stabilize a tree stand. Removable screw-in steps may be used to access a tree stand. The name and address</span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> or </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">customer identification</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> number of the owner or user must be on the exterior of an unoccupied portable blind</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> or tree stand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> and legible from the ground on a tree stand. Other elevated platform devices that are not attached to a tree must meet the requirements of this rule for permitted dates and for labeling if left overnight or unattended.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">    </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> 8 SDR 162, effective June 10, 1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 15 SDR 193, effective June 20, 1989; 17 SDR 12, effective July 31, 1990; 27 SDR 126, effective June 6, 2001; 28 SDR 44, effective October 3, 2001; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006; 42 SDR 146, effective May 5, 2016</span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019</span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024</span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">    </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">(4)(14), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-17-1.1"><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000002">41-17-1.1</span></a><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">(1)(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">    </span><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">(14), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-17-1.1"><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0-000002">41-17-1.1</span></a><span class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252C0">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s38d2ff99-98a6-490e-b5a4-7f7487f71252000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>