<html> <head> <title>Rule 41:09:06:21 Taking or acquisition of raptors -- Trapping requirements.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 41:09:06:21"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 41:09:06:21 Taking or acquisition of raptors -- Trapping requirements."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:49.7pt 1.0in 49.7pt 63.35pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>41:09:06:21.&nbsp;&nbsp; Taking or acquisition of raptors -- Trapping requirements.</b> No person may take or attempt to take any raptor without first acquiring a raptor collecting permit issued by the department. A permittee shall have the raptor collecting permit in immediate possession while taking or attempting to take any raptor. Each nonresident applicant shall provide a copy of any federal and home state falconry permit prior to being issued a raptor collecting permit. The fee for a nonresident raptor collecting permit is $200. No permittee may take, purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire or sell, barter, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any raptor unless the permittee submits a copy of the Migratory Bird Acquisition and Disposition Report to the department within ten calendar days after the transaction. Wild raptors may not be sold, purchased, traded or bartered. Wild raptors may only be transferred. No more than two wild raptors may be taken in any twelve month period.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The trapping of passage raptors is permitted only from August 1 through March 31. Raptors that are marked and have subsequently escaped may be retrapped at any time.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Only a resident general or master falconry permittee may take an eyas or fledging bird from a nest or aerie. At least one eyas must be left in the nest or aerie. An eyas may be taken only from May 1 through July 31. The permittee shall allow a department representative to observe the permittee's attempt to take an eyas if so requested by the department.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The taking of a wild raptor or the transfer of a raptor to or from a falconry permit must be reported to the state within ten days. The Migratory Bird Acquisition and Disposition Report must be used to submit the reports.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> SL 1975, ch 16, &#167;&nbsp;1; 3 SDR 51, effective January 26, 1977; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; transferred from &#167; 41:09:06:08, 12 SDR 92, effective December 4, 1985; 16 SDR 169, effective April 23, 1990; 23 SDR 197, effective May 27, 1997; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 36 SDR 170, effective May 11, 2010; 36 SDR 170, adopted April 21, 2010, effective January 1, 2011; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-2-18">41-2-18(20).</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-2-18">41-2-18(20)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=41-11-11">41-11-11.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>