<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0 { 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.sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> The grouse hunting season is open statewide</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">,</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> from sunrise to sunset</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">,</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> each day </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">from</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> the third Saturday of September </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">through</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> January</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> thirty-first</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">For purposes of this chapter, the term </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">"</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">g</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">rouse" </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">means</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> sharptail grouse, ruffed grouse, and prairie chicken.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 18, effective September 16, 1975; 3 SDR 22, effective September 23, 1976; 4 SDR 15, effective September 15, 1977; 8 SDR 170, effective June 20, 1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 10 SDR 148, effective July 11, 1984; 11 SDR 172, effective June 27, 1985; 14 SDR 4, effective July 22, 1987; 14 SDR 40, effective September 23, 1987; 14 SDR 164, effective June 16, 1988; 15 SDR 193, effective June 20, 1989; 18 SDR 4, effective July 18, 1991; 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005; 32 SDR 203, effective June 5, 2006</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021; 51 SDR 13, effective August 14, 2024</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000003">41-2-18</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-11-5"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000003">41-11-5</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">    Combination licenses</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0"> -- Issuance</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-10.1"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000003">41-6-10.1</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">    Resident </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">licenses, permits, and stamps for hunting of small game, migratory birds, and migratory waterfowl -- Violation as misdemeanor</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-16"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000003">41-6-16</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">    Nonresident </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">licenses and permits for hunting of small game and migratory birds -- Privileges -- Violation as misdemeanor</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-6-17"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0-000003">41-6-17</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sab246fe1-87d0-45ad-9ac2-a84e2a317af0000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>