<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.sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cP0 { 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.sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2c000003 { 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="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:04:17"><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000000">41:06:04:17</span></a><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000001">.  Minimum air gun specifications.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0"> No person may hunt species listed in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-31"><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000002">41-8-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">(1A) with an air gun that is factory-rated to produce a muzzle velocity of less than </span><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">six hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0"> feet per second. Only hunting pellets are permitted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">    </span><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0"> 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011</span><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">; 51 SDR 13, effective August 14, 2024</span><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">    </span><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">(2)(14), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-31"><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000002">41-8-31</span></a><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">(1A).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">    </span><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">(2)(14), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-31"><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0-000002">41-8-31</span></a><span class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cC0">(1A).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfa616167-73a3-46d7-8f42-c95a2569de2c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>