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content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/41-8"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903Normal"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903HG4C">HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-1</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2006, ch 4, § 1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Hunting or possession of big game prohibited except as expressly provided--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-2.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-2.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-2.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-2.1</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1999, ch 209, § 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-3</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, § 72</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-4</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1983, ch 299, § 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 2012, ch 201, § 3.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    License required to hunt big game--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Each violation of big game hunting restrictions as separate offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-8</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1979, ch 283, § 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-9</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1993, ch 314, § 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-9.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-9.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-9.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-9.1</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1979, ch 283, § 3</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Minimum caliber of muzzle loading big game ammunition--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Maximum number of cartridges in self-loading firearm used to hunt big game--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Automatic weapon prohibited in hunting game--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Buckshot prohibited in hunting big game--Minimum weight of slug--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-14</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, § 73</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Dogs prohibited in hunting big game--Exceptions--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Use of salt to attract big game prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Night-vision equipment and artificial light in hunting prohibited--Exceptions--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-17.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Spotlighting and artificial lighting--Prohibitions--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Big game hunting violation as misdemeanor--Additional penalty on conviction for hunting or taking big game during nighttime, closed season, or without license.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-18.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-18.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-18.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-18.1</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1991, ch 337, § 49</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Trapping of fur-bearing animals prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Open seasons on fur-bearing animals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-21" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Possession of raw furs after close of season--Furs checked with conservation officer--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-22</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2007, ch 240, § 4.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-23" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Killing of mink, muskrats, and beavers causing damage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-24" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Prohibited methods of hunting mink, muskrats and beavers--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-24.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-24.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Shooting of muskrats under certain conditions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Maximum number of traps--Disturbance of muskrat houses--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Counties in which muskrat restrictions not applicable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-27</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, § 75</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-28" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Trap robbing or injury as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-29" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Cancellation of trapping license on conviction--New license prohibited for two years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-30" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-30" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-30</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, § 76</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-31" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Hunting methods restricted--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-31.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-31.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Use of crossbow for hunting big game during firearm season.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-32" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-32</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-32" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-32</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1993, ch 314, § 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-32.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-32.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-32.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-32.1</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2019, ch 186, § 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-33" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-33" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-33</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2000, ch 209, § 4</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-34" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-34" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-34</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1982, ch 289, § 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-35" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Floating batteries, sink boxes, and similar devices prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-36" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Use of motorboats in hunting prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-37" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-37</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Hunting from motor vehicle prohibited--Exceptions--Promulgation of rules--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-37.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-37.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-37.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-37.1</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2015, ch 210, § 3.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-38" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-38</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-38" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-38</span></a><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by omission from SL 1969, ch 100</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-39" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-39</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Use of aircraft in hunting prohibited--Exception--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-39.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-39.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Aerial hunting of coyotes and fox by occupier of land where loss of animals threatened--Hunting on neighbor's land--Consent or authorization--Contract.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-39.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-39.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Contracts with aerial hunters of foxes and coyotes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-40" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-40</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Hunting on boundary waters in violation of laws of adjoining state as misdemeanor--Agreements for reciprocal recognition of licenses and enforcement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-41" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-41</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Hunting with firearms--Exterior garment--Fluorescent orange or pink--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-42" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Prairie dog shooting season open year-round.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-43" rel="noopener"><span class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-43</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s573acd248a254b4c8aba183311684903DefaultParagraphFont">    Limit of small game taken by hunting party--Exceptions.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2006, ch 4, &#167;&nbsp;1.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064134Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064134SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064134CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064134Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 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dir="ltr" class="s2064134Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064134DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise expressly provided, no person may pursue, hunt, take, possess, shoot at, kill, wound, or capture any big game animal within the limits of this state at any time. A violation of this section is subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-18"><span class="s2064134DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-18</span></a><span class="s2064134DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064134Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064134000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064134Normal"><span class="s2064134SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064134SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0701; SL 1941, ch 119; SL 1949, ch 98; SL 1953, ch 111; SL 1959, ch 121; SL 1967, ch 89, § 1; SL 1977, ch 190, § 555; SL 1980, ch 285, § 1; SL 1991, ch 337, § 38.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-2.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-2.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-2.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-2.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1999, ch 209, &#167;&nbsp;1<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-3 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-3 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-3. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, &#167;&nbsp;72<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-4 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-4 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-4"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-4. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1983, ch 299, &#167;&nbsp;2<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064138Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064138SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064138CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2064138Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-5"><span class="s2064138SENU">41-8-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064138SENU">. </span><span class="s2064138CL">Repealed by SL 2012, ch 201, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064139Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064139SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064139CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064139Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064139DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064139000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064139SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064139SCL-000002 { 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="s2064139Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-6"><span class="s2064139SENU">41-8-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064139SENU">. </span><span class="s2064139CL">License required to hunt big game--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064139Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064139DefaultParagraphFont">No person may pursue, hunt, take, or kill any big game animal at any time, except persons to whom a big game license has been issued. A violation of this section is subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-18"><span class="s2064139DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-18</span></a><span class="s2064139DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064139Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064139000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064139Normal"><span class="s2064139SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064139SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0702; SL 1943, ch 96; SL 1967, ch 89, § 2; SL 1977, ch 190, § 557; SL 1991, ch 337, § 39.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064140Normal { margin-top: 0; 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font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064140SCL-000002 { 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="s2064140Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-7"><span class="s2064140SENU">41-8-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064140SENU">. </span><span class="s2064140CL">Each violation of big game hunting restrictions as separate offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064140Normal-000000"><span class="s2064140DefaultParagraphFont">Each act of pursuing, hunting, or killing any big game animal without a license is a distinct and separate offense; and every act of pursuing, hunting, or killing of any big game animal during the closed season is a distinct and separate offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064140Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064140000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064140Normal"><span class="s2064140SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064140SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0706; SL 1967, ch 89, § 5; SL 2009, ch 206, § 52.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-8 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-8 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-8"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-8. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1979, ch 283, &#167;&nbsp;1<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-9 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-9 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-9"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-9. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1993, ch 314, &#167;&nbsp;1<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-9.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-9.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-9.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-9.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1979, ch 283, &#167;&nbsp;3<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064144SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064144SCL-000003 { 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="s2064144Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-10"><span class="s2064144SENU">41-8-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064144SENU">. </span><span class="s2064144CL">Minimum caliber of muzzle loading big game ammunition--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064144Normal-000000"><span class="s2064144DefaultParagraphFont">No person may hunt, shoot, shoot at, wound, kill, or pursue any big game animal with any muzzle loading rifle which discharges a projectile the diameter of which projectile is less than forty</span><span class="s2064144DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2064144DefaultParagraphFont">four hundredths of an inch. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064144Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064144000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064144Normal"><span class="s2064144SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064144SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 25.0708 as added by SL 1953, ch 112; SL 1977, ch 190, § 560; SL 1979, ch 283, § 4; SL 1991, ch 337, § 41.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064145Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064145SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064145CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064145CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064145Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064145DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064145DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064145000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064145SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064145SCL-000004 { 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="s2064145Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-11"><span class="s2064145SENU">41-8-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064145SENU">. </span><span class="s2064145CL">Maximum number of cartridges in self</span><span class="s2064145CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2064145CL">loading firearm used to hunt big game--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064145Normal-000001"><span class="s2064145DefaultParagraphFont">No self</span><span class="s2064145DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2064145DefaultParagraphFont">loading or auto</span><span class="s2064145DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2064145DefaultParagraphFont">loading firearm that holds more than six cartridges may be used to hunt, pursue, shoot at, shoot, kill, or wound any of the big game animals of this state. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064145Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064145000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064145Normal"><span class="s2064145SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064145SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 25.0708 as enacted by SL 1945, ch 100; SL 1949, ch 99; SL 1953, ch 112; SL 1991, ch 337, § 42.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064146Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064146SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064146CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064146Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064146DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064146000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064146SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064146SCL-000002 { 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="s2064146Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-12"><span class="s2064146SENU">41-8-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064146SENU">. </span><span class="s2064146CL">Automatic weapon prohibited in hunting game--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064146Normal-000000"><span class="s2064146DefaultParagraphFont">No firearm that is capable of being operated as a full automatic may be used to hunt, shoot, shoot at, wound, kill, or pursue any of the big game or small game animals of this state. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064146Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064146000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064146Normal"><span class="s2064146SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064146SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0708 as enacted by SL 1945, ch 100; SL 1949, ch 99; SL 1953, ch 112; SL 1991, ch 337, § 43; SL 1993, ch 314, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064147Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064147SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064147CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064147Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064147DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064147DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064147000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064147SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064147SCL-000003 { 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="s2064147Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-13"><span class="s2064147SENU">41-8-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064147SENU">. </span><span class="s2064147CL">Buckshot prohibited in hunting big game--Minimum weight of slug--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064147Normal-000000"><span class="s2064147DefaultParagraphFont">No buckshot may be used, and no single ball or rifled slug weighing less than one</span><span class="s2064147DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2064147DefaultParagraphFont">half ounce may be used in hunting big game animals. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064147Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064147000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064147Normal"><span class="s2064147SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064147SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 25.0708 as enacted by SL 1945, ch 100; SL 1949, ch 99; SL 1953, ch 112; SL 1991, ch 337, § 44.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-14 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-14 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-14"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-14. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, &#167;&nbsp;73<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2064149Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2064149000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064149SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064149SCL-000004 { 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="s2064149Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-15"><span class="s2064149SENU">41-8-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064149SENU">. </span><span class="s2064149CL">Dogs prohibited in hunting big game--Exceptions--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064149Normal-000000"><span class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">No dog may be used in hunting big game animals except as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064149Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A dog may be used in the hunting of mountain lions during established hunting seasons in the manner and under such conditions as provided by rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064149Normal-000001"><span class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A dog that is leashed and under the control of a handler may be used to track and retrieve any big game animal that is wounded or presumed dead, if the handler complies with the conditions and restrictions prescribed in this chapter and the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064149Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-18"><span class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-18</span></a><span class="s2064149DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064149Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064149000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064149Normal"><span class="s2064149SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064149SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 25.0702; SL 1943, ch 96; SL 1967, ch 89, § 2; SL 1991, ch 337, § 45; SL 2003, ch 220, § 2; SL 2013, ch 211, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064150Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064150SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064150CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064150Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; 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A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064150Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064150000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064150Normal"><span class="s2064150SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064150SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0702; SL 1943, ch 96; SL 1967, ch 89, § 2; SL 1991, ch 337, § 46.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2 { margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 41-8-17 - Night-vision equipment and artificial light in hunting prohibited--Exceptions--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 41-8-17 - Night-vision equipment and artificial light in hunting prohibited--Exceptions--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/41-8-17"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601SENU">41-8-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601SENU">. </span><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601CL">Night-vision equipment and artificial light in hunting prohibited--Exceptions--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Statute"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">Between sunset and sunrise, no person may use or possess night-vision equipment or throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, motor vehicle headlight, or other artificial light onto a highway, or into any field, pasture, woodland, forest, or prairie, for the purpose of spotting, locating, taking, attempting to take, or hunting any animal, if the person is in possession or control of a firearm, bow, or other implement by which an animal could be killed. The prohibitions set forth in this section do not apply to a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer's duties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Statute"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the prohibitions set forth in this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A person may use a handheld light, while the person is on foot, to:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Take raccoons after the raccoons have been treed by dogs; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Engage in trapping activity and take trapped fur-bearing animals;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    From January first to August thirty-first, inclusive, a person may use night vision equipment, but not artificial light, to take jackrabbits, coyotes, beaver during its hunting season, foxes, raccoons, opossums, badgers, skunks, and rodents, provided the person is on public land and uses:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    A shotgun and shotshells; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    A firearm and a cartridge having a bullet diameter of less than .312 inches;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    From January first to August thirty-first, a person may use night vision equipment, but not artificial light, to take jackrabbits, coyotes, beaver during its hunting season, foxes, raccoons, opossums, badgers, skunks, and rodents, provided the person is on private land that is under lease to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks for the purpose of providing public access, has the permission of the landowner, and uses:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    A shotgun and shot shells; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    A firearm and a cartridge having a bullet diameter of less than .312 inches;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    A person may use night vision equipment and artificial light to take jackrabbits, coyotes, beaver during its hunting season, foxes, raccoons, opossums, badgers, skunks, and rodents, provided the person is on private land, and uses:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    A shotgun and shot shells; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    A firearm and a cartridge having a bullet diameter of less than .312 inches; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    An employee of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks may, while performing animal damage control, use night-vision equipment and artificial lights, provided the employee obtains permission from the person owning or occupying the land prior to taking an animal that is causing damage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Statute"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, artificial light, means a man-made light or lighting device that projects lumination for an unaided eye.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Statute"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, night-vision equipment, means an electronic or battery-powered device that enhances a person's ability to see in the dark.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Statute"><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2100d38320044067ac253d8ef9634601SCL">SDC 1939, § 25.0702 as added by SL 1943, ch 96; SL 1967, ch 89, § 2; SL 1977, ch 190, § 561; SL 1982, ch 289, § 1; SL 1985, ch 327; SL 1991, ch 337, § 47; SL 1991, ch 341; SL 2000, ch 208, § 1; SL 2014, ch 201, § 1; SL 2016, ch 209, § 1; SL 2018, ch 253, § 1; SL 2020, ch 186, § 1; SL 2022, ch 157, § 1; SL 2025, ch 177, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2080527Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2080527SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080527CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-17"><span class="s2080527SENU">41-8-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080527SENU">. </span><span class="s2080527CL">Spotlighting and artificial lighting--Prohibitions--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Statute"><span class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in § 41-8-17, between 10 p.m. and sunrise, from September first to January thirty-first, inclusive, no person may cast the rays of a spotlight, or any artificial light other than a motor vehicle headlight, into any field, pasture, woodland, forest, or prairie, for the purpose of spotting or locating any wild animal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Statute"><span class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the prohibitions of this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A person owning or occupying land and up to two guests may use night-vision equipment, a spotlight, or other artificial light, on the person's land; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    An employee of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks may, while performing the person's duty, use night vision equipment and artificial lights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Statute"><span class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, "artificial light" means a man-made light or lighting device that projects lumination for an unaided eye.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Statute"><span class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, "night-vision equipment" means an electronic or battery-powered device that enhances a person's ability to see in the dark.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Statute"><span class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080527000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080527Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080527DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2080527SCL">SL 2003, ch 223, § 1; SL 2005, ch 225, § 1; SL 2020, ch 186, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064153Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064153SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064153CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064153Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064153DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064153000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064153SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064153SCL-000002 { 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="s2064153Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-18"><span class="s2064153SENU">41-8-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153SENU">. </span><span class="s2064153CL">Big game hunting violation as misdemeanor--Additional penalty on conviction for hunting or taking big game during nighttime, closed season, or without license.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064153Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-2"><span class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-6"><span class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">, or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-15"><span class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont"> is a Class 1 misdemeanor for each prohibited act or each big game animal or any part thereof, taken, caught, killed, sold, offered, or exposed for sale, in possession or in possession with intent to sell, shipped by common carrier, or transported to any point inside or outside the state in violation of law. Upon conviction of any person for hunting or taking big game, except wild turkey, during the nighttime, during a closed season or without a license, the court shall impose a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars for each animal involved and that person shall have his or her hunting privileges revoked pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-6-74.1"><span class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">41-6-74.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-6-74.2"><span class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">41-6-74.2</span></a><span class="s2064153DefaultParagraphFont">. A second or subsequent conviction of any person for hunting or taking big game, except wild turkey, during the nighttime, during a closed season, or without a license is a Class 6 felony. In addition, the court shall revoke that person's hunting privileges for a period of five years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064153Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064153Normal"><span class="s2064153SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064153SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.9906; SL 1970, ch 20, § 1 (3); SL 1976, ch 260; SL 1977, ch 190, § 562; SL 1978, ch 158, § 68; SL 1980, ch 285, § 2; SL 1982, ch 289, § 3; SL 1991, ch 337, § 48; SL 2000, ch 208, § 2; SL 2007, ch 242, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-18.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-18.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-18.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-18.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1991, ch 337, &#167;&nbsp;49<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064155Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064155SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064155CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064155Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064155DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064155000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064155SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064155SCL-000002 { 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="s2064155Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-19"><span class="s2064155SENU">41-8-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064155SENU">. </span><span class="s2064155CL">Trapping of fur-bearing animals prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064155Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064155DefaultParagraphFont">Except as authorized by chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-6"><span class="s2064155DefaultParagraphFont">41-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064155DefaultParagraphFont"> and this chapter, no person may set or operate any trap, hunt, catch, take, trap, or kill any fur-bearing animal. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064155Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064155000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064155Normal"><span class="s2064155SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064155SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121; SL 1947, ch 113; SL 1951, ch 125; SL 1955, ch 86; SL 1959, ch 122; SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 1976, ch 261, § 2; SL 1991, ch 337, § 50; SL 2012, ch 203, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064156Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064156SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064156CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064156CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064156Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064156DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064156DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064156000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064156SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064156SCL-000004 { 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="s2064156Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-20"><span class="s2064156SENU">41-8-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064156SENU">. </span><span class="s2064156CL">Open seasons on fur</span><span class="s2064156CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2064156CL">bearing animals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064156Normal-000001"><span class="s2064156DefaultParagraphFont">Fur</span><span class="s2064156DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064156DefaultParagraphFont">bearing animals may be hunted, caught, taken, trapped, or killed by the holder of the license provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-6-23"><span class="s2064156DefaultParagraphFont">41-6-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064156DefaultParagraphFont">, or by a person specifically exempted from obtaining a license during seasons prescribed by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission. The commission may set the extent of the seasons by rules to that effect adopted pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-2-18"><span class="s2064156DefaultParagraphFont">41-2-18</span></a><span class="s2064156DefaultParagraphFont">. However, the season on fox and coyote shall be open the year around west of the Missouri River and open the year around on coyote only east of the Missouri River.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064156Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064156000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064156Normal"><span class="s2064156SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064156SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121; SL 1947, ch 113; SL 1951, ch 125; SL 1955, ch 86; SL 1959, ch 122; SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 1973, ch 264, § 3; SL 1976, ch 261, § 3; SL 1979, ch 277, § 1; SL 1984, ch 273, § 74.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064157Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064157SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064157CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064157Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064157DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064157000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064157SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064157SCL-000002 { 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="s2064157Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-21"><span class="s2064157SENU">41-8-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064157SENU">. </span><span class="s2064157CL">Possession of raw furs after close of season--Furs checked with conservation officer--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064157Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064157DefaultParagraphFont">The raw furs of animals hunted, caught, taken, trapped, or killed pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-20"><span class="s2064157DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064157DefaultParagraphFont"> may be had in possession after the close of any season prescribed by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-20"><span class="s2064157DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064157DefaultParagraphFont"> if they have been checked with a conservation officer within ten days after the close of the season. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064157Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064157000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064157Normal"><span class="s2064157SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064157SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121; SL 1947, ch 113; SL 1951, ch 125; SL 1955, ch 86; SL 1959, ch 122; SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 1991, ch 337, § 51.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-22 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-22 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-22"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-22. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2007, ch 240, &#167;&nbsp;4.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064159Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064159SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064159CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064159Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064159DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064159000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064159SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064159SCL-000002 { 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="s2064159Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-23"><span class="s2064159SENU">41-8-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064159SENU">. </span><span class="s2064159CL">Killing of mink, muskrats, and beavers causing damage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064159Normal-000000"><span class="s2064159DefaultParagraphFont">Mink may be killed at any time if doing damage around buildings but all such mink killed are the property of the state, if taken during the closed season. If muskrat or beaver are injuring irrigation ditches, dams, embankments, or public highways, or causing any other damage to property, the secretary of game, fish and parks may issue a permit to trap or kill such animals at any time. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission may authorize the killing or trapping of beaver upon public lands and game preserves at any time the commission deems necessary.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064159Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064159000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064159Normal"><span class="s2064159SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064159SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121; SL 1947, ch 113; SL 1951, ch 125; SL 1955, ch 86; SL 1959, ch 122; SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 2009, ch 206, § 53.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064160Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064160SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064160CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064160Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064160DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064160000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064160SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064160SCL-000002 { 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="s2064160Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-24"><span class="s2064160SENU">41-8-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064160SENU">. </span><span class="s2064160CL">Prohibited methods of hunting mink, muskrats and beavers--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064160Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064160DefaultParagraphFont">No person may hunt any mink or muskrat with the aid of any dog, or dig, disturb, or molest any mink den or beaver house for the purpose of capturing any of these animals. No person may use poison, gas, or smokers of any kind to kill, take, or capture mink, muskrats, or beavers. No person may shoot or spear muskrats at any time except under permit as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-23"><span class="s2064160DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064160DefaultParagraphFont"> or except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-24.1"><span class="s2064160DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-24.1</span></a><span class="s2064160DefaultParagraphFont">. Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064160Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064160000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064160Normal"><span class="s2064160SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064160SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121; SL 1947, ch 113; SL 1951, ch 125; SL 1955, ch 86; SL 1959, ch 122; SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 1977, ch 190, § 565; SL 2009, ch 206, § 54; SL 2012, ch 203, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064161Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064161SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064161CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064161Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064161DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064161000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064161SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064161SCL-000002 { 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="s2064161Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-24.1"><span class="s2064161SENU">41-8-24.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064161SENU">. </span><span class="s2064161CL">Shooting of muskrats under certain conditions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064161Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064161DefaultParagraphFont">Muskrats may be hunted by shooting with rimfire cartridges of .22 caliber or smaller, muzzleloaders of .45 caliber or smaller, shotguns, or legal archery equipment. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2064161DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064161DefaultParagraphFont"> to specify hunting seasons, hunting units, licensing requirements, and other restrictions or requirements for the hunting or taking of muskrats necessary for the proper management of wildlife.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064161Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064161000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064161Normal"><span class="s2064161SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064161SCL-000002"> SL 2012, ch 203, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064162Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064162SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064162CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064162Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064162DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064162000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064162SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064162SCL-000002 { 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="s2064162Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-25"><span class="s2064162SENU">41-8-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064162SENU">. </span><span class="s2064162CL">Maximum number of traps--Disturbance of muskrat houses--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064162Normal-000000"><span class="s2064162DefaultParagraphFont">No person may molest, injure, or destroy any muskrat house, except in the open season for the taking, catching, or killing of muskrats. However, muskrat houses may, for the purpose of placing traps therein, be opened in such manner as will not destroy, damage, or injure them as a place of habitation for muskrats. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064162Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064162000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064162Normal"><span class="s2064162SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064162SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121; SL 1947, ch 113; SL 1951, ch 125; SL 1955, ch 86; SL 1959, ch 122; SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 1982, ch 290; SL 1991, ch 337, § 52.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064163Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064163SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064163CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064163Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064163DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064163000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064163SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064163SCL-000002 { 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="s2064163Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-26"><span class="s2064163SENU">41-8-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064163SENU">. </span><span class="s2064163CL">Counties in which muskrat restrictions not applicable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064163Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064163DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-24"><span class="s2064163DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064163DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-25"><span class="s2064163DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064163DefaultParagraphFont"> that refer to muskrats do not apply to the counties of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, and Stanley.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064163Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064163000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064163Normal"><span class="s2064163SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064163SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0801 as added by SL 1959, ch 123; SL 1961, ch 122; SL 1977, ch 331; SL 1982, ch 284, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-27 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-27 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-27"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-27. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, &#167;&nbsp;75<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064165SCL-000002 { 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="s2064165Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-28"><span class="s2064165SENU">41-8-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064165SENU">. </span><span class="s2064165CL">Trap robbing or injury as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064165Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064165DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who steals, damages or destroys a trap of another employed in the manner defined in subdivision 41-1-1(25), or who steals, damages, or destroys animals, animal carcasses, or the pelts thereof, held fast by such traps, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A violation of this section is also subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-29"><span class="s2064165DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-29</span></a><span class="s2064165DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064165Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064165000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064165Normal"><span class="s2064165SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064165SCL-000002"> SL 1964, ch 83, § 1; SL 1977, ch 190, § 566; SL 1983, ch 300; SL 1991, ch 337, § 53; SL 2000, ch 209, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064166Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064166SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064166CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064166Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064166DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064166000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064166SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064166SCL-000002 { 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="s2064166Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-29"><span class="s2064166SENU">41-8-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064166SENU">. </span><span class="s2064166CL">Cancellation of trapping license on conviction--New license prohibited for two years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064166Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064166DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who is found guilty as specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-28"><span class="s2064166DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064166DefaultParagraphFont"> who holds a South Dakota trapping license shall upon conviction deliver the license to the judge pronouncing sentence. The judge shall forward the license to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. The department shall cancel the license, and no trapping license may thereafter be issued to the guilty person for a period of two years from the date of the conviction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064166Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064166000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064166Normal"><span class="s2064166SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064166SCL-000002"> SL 1964, ch 83, § 2; SL 2009, ch 206, § 55.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-30 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-30 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-30"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-30. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1984, ch 273, &#167;&nbsp;76<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064168Normal-000001"><span class="s2064168DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    A person with a permanent or temporary disability as defined in subdivision (2) of this section who is legally licensed for a youth big game hunting season, possesses a disabled hunter permit, and is physically present and participates in the hunt but is unable to safely discharge a firearm or bow and arrow, may claim any big game animal taken by a designated hunter in accordance with the youth big game license possessed by the person with a permanent or temporary disability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064168Normal-000002"><span class="s2064168DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064168Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064168000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064168Normal"><span class="s2064168SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064168SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 25.0412; SL 1941, ch 109; SL 1943, ch 94; SL 1947, ch 111; SL 1953, ch 105; SL 1957, ch 105; SL 1959, ch 116; SL 1963, ch 138; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 1979, ch 283, § 5; SL 1984, ch 274; SL 1986, ch 353; SL 1991, ch 337, § 54; SL 2007, ch 243, § 1; SL 2008, ch 218, § 1; SL 2009, ch 210, § 1; SL 2010, ch 210, § 1; SL 2011, ch 192, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064169Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064169SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064169CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064169Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064169DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064169000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064169SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064169SCL-000002 { 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="s2064169Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-31.1"><span class="s2064169SENU">41-8-31.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064169SENU">. </span><span class="s2064169CL">Use of crossbow for hunting big game during firearm season.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064169Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064169DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-31"><span class="s2064169DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064169DefaultParagraphFont"> notwithstanding, any person who holds a big game license to take a big game animal during the firearm season may take the animal by using a crossbow in lieu of a firearm. As used in this section, the term, crossbow, means a device for propelling a bolt by means of traverse limbs mounted on a stock and a string. The crossbow may be drawn, held, and released by a mechanical device and shall have at least one hundred twenty-five pounds pull and have a working mechanical safety.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064169Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064169000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064169Normal"><span class="s2064169SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064169SCL-000002"> SL 2014, ch 202, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-32 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-32 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-32"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-32. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1993, ch 314, &#167;&nbsp;2<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-32.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-32.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-32.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-32.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2019, ch 186, &#167;&nbsp;1.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-33 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-33 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-33"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-33. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2000, ch 209, &#167;&nbsp;4<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-34 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-34 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-34"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-34. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1982, ch 289, &#167;&nbsp;2<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064174SCL-000002 { 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="s2064174Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-35"><span class="s2064174SENU">41-8-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064174SENU">. </span><span class="s2064174CL">Floating batteries, sink boxes, and similar devices prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064174Normal-000000"><span class="s2064174DefaultParagraphFont">No person may make use of, hunt or shoot from, any floating battery, sink box, or any similar device on any of the waters of this state. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064174Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064174000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064174Normal"><span class="s2064174SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064174SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0414; SL 1967, ch 85, § 5; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 1991, ch 337, § 58.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064175Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064175SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064175CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064175Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064175DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064175000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064175SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064175SCL-000002 { 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="s2064175Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-36"><span class="s2064175SENU">41-8-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064175SENU">. </span><span class="s2064175CL">Use of motorboats in hunting prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064175Normal-000000"><span class="s2064175DefaultParagraphFont">No person may make use of, hunt, or shoot from any boat propelled except with oars or paddles, except when a boat or other craft with motor attached is beached, resting at anchor, or fastened within or tied immediately alongside of any type of fixed hunting blind or natural cover, or is used solely as a means of picking up dead or injured birds. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064175Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064175000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064175Normal"><span class="s2064175SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064175SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0414; SL 1967, ch 85, § 5; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 1991, ch 337, § 59.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064176Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064176SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064176CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064176Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064176DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064176Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064176000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064176SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064176SCL-000003 { 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="s2064176Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-37"><span class="s2064176SENU">41-8-37</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064176SENU">. </span><span class="s2064176CL">Hunting from motor vehicle prohibited--Exceptions--Promulgation of rules--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064176Normal-000000"><span class="s2064176DefaultParagraphFont">No person, who is in or on a motor vehicle, may discharge a firearm or bow and arrow at any wild animals except coyotes, jackrabbits, rodents, skunks, badgers, raccoons, and foxes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064176Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064176DefaultParagraphFont">Licensed hunters who are paraplegics or otherwise physically unable to walk with or without crutches, braces, or other mechanical support or who are otherwise considered to be limited or impaired in their ability to walk, and who have been issued a disabled hunter permit by the department, may shoot in fields, woods, or from public roads from a stationary motor vehicle while hunting game animals or game birds in accordance with the conditions of the permit and rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission. The commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2064176DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064176DefaultParagraphFont"> to establish the definition of disabled hunter; the eligibility criteria, application, and approval procedures for issuance of a disabled hunter permit; the duration of a permit; and the extent of the permitted shooting activities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064176Normal-000001"><span class="s2064176DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064176Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064176000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064176Normal"><span class="s2064176SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064176SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 25.0412 as added by SL 1941, ch 109; SL 1943, ch 94; SL 1947, ch 111; SL 1953, ch 105; SL 1969, ch 100; SL 1974, ch 277; SL 1977, ch 190, § 567; SL 1991, ch 337, § 60; SL 1998, ch 260, § 1; SL 2003, ch 224, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-37.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-37.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-37.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-37.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2015, ch 210, &#167;&nbsp;3.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS41-8-38 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 41-8-38 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 41-8-38"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 41-8-38. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by omission from SL 1969, ch 100<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080169StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080169DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Use an aircraft for the purpose of hunting, taking, concentrating, driving, rallying, stirring up, locating, or spotting any wild bird or animal, except that the prohibition in this subdivision does not apply to a person who uses a drone for the purpose of locating or spotting a predator or varmint, if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080169StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2080169DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The activity occurs only on or over land that is privately owned;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080169StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2080169DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The person operating the drone is the landowner or has permission from the landowner or a lessee;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080169StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2080169DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    The activity does not occur during the months of September, October, or November; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080169StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2080169DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    The operation of the drone is in full compliance with all applicable Federal Aviation Administration regulations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080169Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080169000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080169Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080169DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2080169SCL">SDC 1939, §§ 25.0426, 25.9907; SL 1964, ch 78, §§ 1, 2; SL 1967, ch 85, § 10; SL 1973, ch 268, § 1; SL 1977, ch 190, § 569; SL 1997, ch 235, § 2; SL 2019, ch 187, § 1; SL 2020, ch 187, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064180Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064180SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064180CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064180Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064180DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064180000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064180SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064180SCL-000002 { 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="s2064180Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-39.1"><span class="s2064180SENU">41-8-39.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064180SENU">. </span><span class="s2064180CL">Aerial hunting of coyotes and fox by occupier of land where loss of animals threatened--Hunting on neighbor's land--Consent or authorization--Contract.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064180Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064180DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-39"><span class="s2064180DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-39</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064180DefaultParagraphFont">, any person occupying land as an owner or lessee may apply to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks for a permit to kill or attempt to kill coyotes or foxes from an aircraft to protect or aid in the protection of the owner's or lessee's land, livestock, domesticated animals, or crops, water, wildlife, or human life as permitted under PL 92-159, as amended to January 1, 2004, or § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=40-36-9"><span class="s2064180DefaultParagraphFont">40-36-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064180DefaultParagraphFont">. A permit may not be issued for the purpose of sport hunting. The permit authorizes the owner or lessee, or a person who holds a valid aerial hunting permit issued by the department and who is under contract with the owner or lessee, to kill or attempt to kill coyotes or foxes from the aircraft on the occupied land and up to four miles onto the land of the immediate adjoining neighbor if the owner or lessee has first obtained the written consent of the owner or lessee of the adjoining land. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2064180DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064180DefaultParagraphFont"> to establish the criteria and eligibility of the permittee and conditions under which the permit is granted, number and species of animals to be hunted and killed, location where permitted, reports required of the permittee, and other rules to implement the provisions of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064180Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064180000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064180Normal"><span class="s2064180SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064180SCL-000002"> SL 1973, ch 268, § 2; SL 1986, ch 354; SL 1987, ch 305; SL 1989, ch 355; SL 1998, ch 261, § 1; SL 2004, ch 265, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064181Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064181SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064181CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064181Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064181DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064181000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064181SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064181SCL-000002 { 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="s2064181Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-39.2"><span class="s2064181SENU">41-8-39.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064181SENU">. </span><span class="s2064181CL">Contracts with aerial hunters of foxes and coyotes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064181Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064181DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-39"><span class="s2064181DefaultParagraphFont">41-8-39</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064181DefaultParagraphFont">, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks may contract with aerial hunters to control foxes and coyotes as permitted under P. L. 92-159 or § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=40-36-9"><span class="s2064181DefaultParagraphFont">40-36-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064181DefaultParagraphFont"> if requested by landowners or tenants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064181Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064181000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064181Normal"><span class="s2064181SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064181SCL-000002"> SL 1973, ch 268, § 3; SL 1978, ch 297, § 1; SL 2009, ch 206, § 56.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064182Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064182SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064182CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064182Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064182DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064182000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064182SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064182SCL-000002 { 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="s2064182Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-40"><span class="s2064182SENU">41-8-40</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064182SENU">. </span><span class="s2064182CL">Hunting on boundary waters in violation of laws of adjoining state as misdemeanor--Agreements for reciprocal recognition of licenses and enforcement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064182Normal-000000"><span class="s2064182DefaultParagraphFont">The taking of game, including any game bird or any game animal of any kind in any river, lake, or waters forming the boundary line between this and any other state, at any time or in any manner prohibited by the laws of any such adjoining state, is a Class 2 misdemeanor. The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of bordering states for the purpose of providing for reciprocal recognition of licenses and permits and reciprocal enforcement of regulations pertaining to hunting, fishing, boating, and trapping on the boundary waters and contiguous lands of the states.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064182Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064182000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064182Normal"><span class="s2064182SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064182SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 25.0423; SL 1945, ch 97; SL 1967, ch 85, § 9; SL 1977, ch 190, § 570; SL 1996, ch 251.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 41-8-41 - Hunting with firearms--Exterior garment--Fluorescent orange or pink--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 41-8-41 - Hunting with firearms--Exterior garment--Fluorescent orange or pink--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/41-8-41"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-41" rel="noopener"><span class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33SENU">41-8-41</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33SENU">. </span><span class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33CL">Hunting with firearms--Exterior garment--Fluorescent orange or pink--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33Statute"><span class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33DefaultParagraphFont">A person using a firearm to hunt any big game animal, other than a turkey or a mountain lion, shall wear, in a visible manner above the waist, a fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink exterior garment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33Statute"><span class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, the term "exterior garment" means a hat, cap, shirt, jacket, vest, coverall, or poncho.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33Statute"><span class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sf92ea4401dba4b769c570bb282afeb33SCL">SL 1986, ch 355; SL 1991, ch 337, § 61; SL 2013, ch 212, § 1; SL 2024, ch 173, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064184Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064184SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064184CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064184Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064184DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064184000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064184SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064184SCL-000002 { 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="s2064184Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-42"><span class="s2064184SENU">41-8-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064184SENU">. </span><span class="s2064184CL">Prairie dog shooting season open year-round.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064184Normal-000000"><span class="s2064184DefaultParagraphFont">A prairie dog shooting season is open statewide year-round, with no limitation on shooting hours and no prairie dog daily or possession limits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064184Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064184000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064184Normal"><span class="s2064184SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064184SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 193, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 41-8 - HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064185Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064185SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064185CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064185Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2064185DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064185000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064185SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064185SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2064185Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-8-43"><span class="s2064185SENU">41-8-43</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064185SENU">. </span><span class="s2064185CL">Limit of small game taken by hunting party--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064185Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064185DefaultParagraphFont">Any of two or more persons who mutually agree to hunt small game as a party and who maintain visual and unaided vocal contact may take more than one daily limit of small game. However, the total number of small game taken by the party may not exceed the aggregate daily limit for all members of the party who are licensed to take and possess small game. In accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-6-71"><span class="s2064185DefaultParagraphFont">41-6-71</span></a><span class="s2064185DefaultParagraphFont">, this section does not apply to any big game license or any tag issued as a part of a hunting license nor does this section apply to hunting of migratory birds. The provisions of this section do not apply to any person who hunts small game in more than one party in one day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064185Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064185000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064185Normal"><span class="s2064185SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064185SCL-000002"> SL 2013, ch 213, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>