<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.sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0 { 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.sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">and year</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">-</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">round outside of the Black Hills Fire Protection District;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    (</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">5</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">)  No person may release dogs on tracks indicating multiple mountain lions traveling together;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    (</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">6</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">)  In </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">the Black Hills Fire Protection District</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">, a person using dogs shall attempt to harvest the first legal mountain lion the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> person</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> ha</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> a reasonable opportunity to harvest, except </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">where</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> the lion pursued shows obvious signs of lactation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    (</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">7</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">)  Licensed hunters must accompany the dog handler when the dogs are released and must continuously participate in the hunt until the hunt is completed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    (</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">8</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">)  A person may use any firearm, muzzleloader, or bow and arrow established by statute or administrative rule as legal implements for the taking of deer;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    (</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">9</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">)  All mountain lions harvested must be presented to a department representative within </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> hours of harvest for inspection.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> 32 SDR 45, effective September 20, 2005; 33 SDR 1, effective July 18, 2006; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 37 SDR 112, effective December 8, 2010; 38 SDR 101, effective December 5, 2011; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012; 41 SDR 126, effective March 2, 2015</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 51 SDR 123, effective May 26, 2025; 52 SDR 42, effective October 27, 2025</span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">(1)(2)(14)(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-15"><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000003">41-8-15</span></a><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">(1)(2)(14)(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-15"><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000003">41-8-15</span></a><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">    Hunting guide activities barred from certain state-owned or state-managed areas </span><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">--</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0"> Violations, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-4-13"><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0-000003">41-4-13</span></a><span class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239aP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb7fbf817-9a82-4804-8c9b-f2ff012f239a000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>