<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.sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0 { 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.sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139f000003 { 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="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:08:02:01"><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000000">41:08:02:01</span></a><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000001">.  Water-sets prohibited -- Dates -- Exceptions.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">Except as otherwise provided in this section, n</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">o person may set a trap within 30 feet of water from October 1 </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">through October 31</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">. </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> live trap, snare, </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> trap designed specifically to catch raccoons may be used. </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">B</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">ody grip or killer traps set in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:08:02:06"><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000002">41:08:02:06</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> may be used for beaver </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">statewide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> except th</span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">e</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> portion of the Black Hills Fire Protection District south of Interstate 90 and west of State Highway 79, except U. S. Forest Service lands.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">    No person may flag, mark, or otherwise attempt to claim a muskrat house on public land or waters before sunrise on November 1. No person may flag or mark any muskrat house during the muskrat season, except those houses containing an operational trap set.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">    The placing of any traps in or on </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">any size of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> muskrat house is prohibited east of the Missouri River from March 16 through </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">April 30</span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">    Except as provided for in this section, no person may place any trap </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">whether set or unset</span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">, stake, cable, chain, wire, or other device used for the purpose of attaching a trap, or otherwise attempt to claim or mark a trap site on any public road right-of-way or public land or water open to trapping within 30 feet of water from October 1 through the opening of the mink season.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">    </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 26, effective September 11, 1974; repealed, 7 SDR 21, effective September 15, 1980; readopted, 16 SDR 32, effective August 20, 1989; 17 SDR 23, effective August 16, 1990; 19 SDR 17, effective August 12, 1992; 30 SDR 21, effective August 25, 2003; 32 SDR 31, effective August 29, 2005; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012</span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020</span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">; 48 SDR 14, effective August 22, 2021</span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">    </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">(14).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">    </span><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">(14), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-20"><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0-000002">41-8-20</span></a><span class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfbea4c6b-0420-4373-bdeb-1daf3b18139f000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>