<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.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0 { 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.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000003 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.38in; text-align: justify; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } p.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000004 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000005 { 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="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:08:01:08.01"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000000">41:08:01:08.01</span></a><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000001">.  Bobcat trapping and hunting season established -- Hunting restrictions -- Tagging requirements.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> The bobcat trapping and hunting season is open</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> statewide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> from sunrise on December </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">twenty-sixth</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> sunset on February </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">fifteenth</span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">. Any trapper or hunter participating in the bobcat season east of the Missouri River is limited to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> harvesting</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> one bobcat.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000003"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">Any trapper or hunter participating in the bobcat season in the Black Hills may not harvest more than one bobcat in the area comprising:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000003"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">(1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">That portion of Lawrence County south of Interstate 90; </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000003"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">(2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">That portion of Meade County west and south of Interstate 90; </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000003"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">(3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">  </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">Those portions of Pennington and Custer Counties west of State Highway 79; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0-000003"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">(4)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">  </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">That portion of Fall River County north and west of a line beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Wyoming border and U.S. Highway 18, then east along U.S. Highway 18 to its junction with the Cheyenne River, then east along the Cheyenne River to its junction with State Highway 79, then north along State Highway 79 to its junction with the Custer County line.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">    A </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">harvested </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">bobcat </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> be presented to a </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">department representative</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> for registration and tagging of the pelt</span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> within </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">five</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> days of harvest</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> during the season</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">. </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">O</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">nce the season has closed, a person has </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> hours to notify a </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">department representative</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> of any untagged bobcats harvested</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> and arrange a time for registration and tagging of the pelt</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">. The pelt </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> be removed from the carcass and the carcass </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> be surrendered to the </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">department representative</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">. After the pelt has been tagged, it </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> be returned to the hunter or trapper. Upon request, the carcass may be returned to the hunter or trapper after the carcass has been inspected and the lower jaw has been removed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">    </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">A person may only possess, purchase</span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> or sell raw bobcat pelts that are tagged through the eyeholes with </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> tag provided by the department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> or if taken from another jurisdiction, properly and securely tagged with a tag supplied by the governmental entity issuing the license. If the governmental entity issuing the license does not issue a tag, other proof that the animal has been lawfully taken is necessary</span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">    </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> 2 SDR 18, effective September 16, 1975; 3 SDR 22, effective September 23, 1976; 4 SDR 15, effective September 15, 1977; 6 SDR 14, effective August 23, 1979; 7 SDR 21, effective September 15, 1980; 8 SDR 19, effective August 31, 1981; 9 SDR 30, effective September 13, 1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 30, effective August 30, 1984; 13 SDR 26, effective September 10, 1986; 14 SDR 40, effective September 23, 1987; 20 SDR 13, effective August 8, 1993; 22 SDR 16, effective August 15, 1995; 23 SDR 20, effective August 13, 1996; 24 SDR 16, effective August 13, 1997; 30 SDR 21, effective August 25, 2003; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 40 SDR 29, effective August 20, 2013; 42 SDR 93, effective December 30, 2015; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020</span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">    </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000005">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">    </span><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000005">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">(2)(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-20"><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0-000005">41-8-20</span></a><span class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s841945d2-a8b0-4a83-9252-b7ebeb2cba4d000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>