<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.sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0 { 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.sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000003 { 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="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:26:01"><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000000">41:06:26:01</span></a><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000001">.  Black Hills elk hunting season established -- Number and type of licenses -- Season dates.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> The Black Hills elk hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day of the season. No more than </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">eight hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">"</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">any elk</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">"</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> licenses and </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">no more than one thousand five hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">"</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">antlerless elk</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">"</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> licenses may be issued for the Black Hills elk hunting season. The Black Hills elk hunting season</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> dates</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> are as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    (1)  Units BHE-H1A, BHE-H2A, BHE-H3A, BHE-H4A, BHE-H5A, BHE-H7A</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">, and BHE-H9A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> are open from October </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> October </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">thirty-first</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    (2)  Units BHE-H1B,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">BHE-H7B, and BHE-H9B are open from </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">October fifteenth through October thirty-first and from December first through December sixteenth</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    (3)  Units </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">BHE-H2B, BHE-H2E, </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">BHE-H2H, BHE-H3B, and BHE-H3E are open from October</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> fifteenth through October thirty-first</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    (4)  Units BHE-H2C, BHE-H2F, BHE-H2I, BHE-H3C, and BHE-H3F are open from December </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">first through December sixteenth</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    (5)  Units BHE-H2D, BHE-H2G, BHE-H2J, BHE-H3D, and BHE-H3G are open from December </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">seventeenth through December thirty-first; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    (6)  Unit BHE-H4B is open from October first through October thirty-first and from December first through December sixteenth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 10, effective August 7, 1975; 4 SDR 10, effective August 25, 1977; 5 SDR 12, effective August 21, 1978; 7 SDR 15, effective August 25, 1980; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 42 SDR 146, effective May 5, 2016</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">; 46 SDR 130, effective May 28, 2020; 48 SDR 115, effective May 24, 2022; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024; 52 SDR 125, effective June 29, 2026</span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">(1)(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">(1)(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    </span><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    Hunting license fees, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:06:02:03"><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000003">41:06:02:03</span></a><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    Combination licenses -- Issuance, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-10.1"><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000003">41-6-10.1</span></a><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">    Resident big game license -- Privileges and fee -- Violation as misdemeanor, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-19"><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0-000003">41-6-19</span></a><span class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5a20105-238b-4774-8cdd-5d475bd4b226000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>