South Dakota Administrative Code

41:06:03:01. Tagging required. The licensee shall sign the tag issued with each big game license or swan license and date it by cutting out completely the month and day of the associated kill. The licensee shall attach the tag securely around one leg of a mountain lion, turkey, o…

41:06:03:01.01. Electronic license registration required. Each electronic swan or big game license must be electronically registered at the time of harvest or prior to the transport of a harvested swan or big game, as provided in SDCL 41-14-14. Upon being electronically registere…

Rule 41:06:03:02 Game bird transportation and packaging. 41:06:03:02. Game bird transportation and packaging. No game bird, including a wild turkey, may be possessed, placed in public storage, transported, or accepted for shipment unless the following minimum requirements are met…

Rule 41:06:03:03 Repealed. 41:06:03:03. Pheasant shipment -- Tags.Repealed. Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; repealed, 5 SDR 19, effective September 14, 1978.

Rule 41:06:03:04 Repealed. 41:06:03:04. Nonresident small game tagging requirements.Repealed. Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; repealed, 8 SDR 85, effective January 18, 1982.

Rule 41:06:03:05 Small game transportation permits. 41:06:03:05. Game transportation permits. Except as provided in § 41:06:03:09, a nonlicensee transporting another person's legally taken game shall obtain a game transportation permit which is available without fee from any auth…

Rule 41:06:03:06 Identification required for transportation of big game animal -- Exception. 41:06:03:06. Identification required for transportation of big game animal -- Exception. No person may possess in the field or transport a big game animal, except turkey, unless it is acc…

Rule 41:06:03:07 Repealed. 41:06:03:07. Tagging of antlers in the velvet stage. Repealed. Source: 9 SDR 30, effective September 13, 1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; provisions on legal acquisition transferred from § 41:06:03:08, 23 SDR 197, effective May 27, 1…

Rule 41:06:03:08 Transferred. 41:06:03:08. Transferred to § 41:06:03:07.

Rule 41:06:03:09 Gifting of game allowed -- Conditions. 41:06:03:09. Gifting of game allowed -- Conditions. A licensee may gift game, or any part thereof, to another person if each of the following conditions are met: (1) The game was lawfully taken, caught, or killed; and (2) Th…

Rule 41:06:03:10 Wildlife processing facility defined. 41:06:03:10. Wildlife processing facility defined. A wildlife processing facility is any person or entity that has a South Dakota sales tax license to operate a business that receives, possesses, or has in custody any wild an…

Rule 41:06:03:11 Records required for wildlife processing facilities. 41:06:03:11. Records required for wildlife processing facilities. No wildlife processing facility may: (1) Receive or have in custody any wild animal unless accurate records are maintained that can identify eac…

Rule 41:06:03:12 Inspection of wildlife processing facilities. 41:06:03:12. Inspection of wildlife processing facilities. No wildlife processing facility may prevent any department representative from entering the facility during normal business hours and inspecting any wild anim…

Rule 41:06:03:13 Sale of rabbit and squirrel skins. 41:06:03:13. Sale of rabbit and squirrel skins. The skins of cottontail rabbit, fox squirrel, grey squirrel, and red squirrel that have been lawfully taken by a licensed hunter may be offered for sale, sold, or purchased. Source…

Rule 41:06:03:14 Process of abandonment for game left at a wildlife processing facility. 41:06:03:14. Process of abandonment for game left at a wildlife processing facility. A wildlife processing facility and a person who deposits lawfully taken game with the facility for process…

41:06:03:15. Chronic Wasting Disease endemic area defined. Repealed. Source: 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021.

41:06:03:16. Interstate cervid carcass transportation and disposal requirement. Unless delivered to a licensed taxidermist or game processor, anyone transporting whole or partial cervid carcasses from another state into this state shall dispose of all remaining cervid carcass par…

41:06:03:17. Intrastate cervid carcass transportation restriction. Repealed. Source: 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021.

41:06:03:18. Intrastate cervid carcass transportation and disposal requirement. Unless delivered to a licensed taxidermist or game processor, anyone transporting whole or partial cervid carcasses outside the county of harvest shall dispose of all remaining cervid carcass parts wi…

41:06:03:19. Carcass disposal for wildlife processing facilities. Wildlife processing facilities, as defined by § 41:06:03:10, shall dispose of all remaining cervid carcass parts through a waste management provider or a permitted landfill. Game processers licensed by another stat…

Rule 41:06:04:01 Disturbing game prohibited. 41:06:04:01. Disturbing game prohibited. A person may not scare, chase, harass, disperse, rally, or disturb game by any means other than by legal hunting methods used in the ordinary course of hunting. Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 10 S…

Rule 41:06:04:02 Repealed. 41:06:04:02. Size of party limited. Repealed. Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 41 SDR 173, effective May 11, 2015; 45 SDR 9, effective July 30, 2018.

Rule 41:06:04:03 Methods prohibited. 41:06:04:03. Methods prohibited. A person may not establish, utilize, or maintain a bait station from August 1 through February 1 and from March 15 through May 31 to attract any big game animal, including wild turkey. A person may not use an e…

Rule 41:06:04:04 Nonlicensee armed accompaniment prohibited -- Exception. 41:06:04:04. Nonlicensee armed accompaniment prohibited -- Exception. No person possessing a firearm, including a muzzleloading firearm, or a bow and arrow may accompany a big game hunter in the field or co…

Rule 41:06:04:05 Migratory bird hunting season restrictions -- Nontoxic shot. 41:06:04:05. Migratory bird hunting season restrictions -- Nontoxic shot. The following restrictions and limitations for the migratory bird hunting season are imposed: (1) A person may not hunt migrator…

Rule 41:06:04:05.01 Nontoxic shot areas for small game. 41:06:04:05.01. Nontoxic shot areas for small game. The use of nontoxic shot is required for all small game hunting on all state game production areas, water access areas, the state park system, United States Army Corps of E…

Rule 41:06:04:06 Use of motor vehicles to disturb game prohibited. 41:06:04:06. Use of motor vehicles to disturb game prohibited. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 41:06:04:01, a person may not use a motor vehicle to scare, harass, disperse, rally, drive, chase, intercept, purs…

Rule 41:06:04:07 Protrusion of firearms from motor vehicles prohibited. 41:06:04:07. Protrusion of firearms from motor vehicles prohibited. A person may not allow a firearm to protrude from a motor vehicle or a conveyance attached to a motor vehicle on a public highway during a h…

Rule 41:06:04:08 Use of certain electronic forms of communication in hunting prohibited. 41:06:04:08. Use of certain electronic forms of communication in hunting prohibited. A person may not send or receive a message by radio, cellular telephone, or other electronic form of commu…

Rule 41:06:04:09 Repealed. 41:06:04:09. Fluorescent orange garment required for firearm big game hunting.Repealed. Source: 11 SDR 133, effective April 7, 1985; repealed, 21 SDR 102, effective December 8, 1994.

Rule 41:06:04:10 Repealed. 41:06:04:10. Dog training by nonresident trainers restricted.Repealed. Source: 15 SDR 162, effective May 4, 1989; 16 SDR 44, effective September 13, 1989; 17 SDR 139, effective March 21, 1991; repealed by SL 1991, ch 340, § 4, effective July 1, 1991.

Rule 41:06:04:11 Minimum size and type of big game ammunition. 41:06:04:11. Minimum size and type of big game ammunition. Except for wild turkey as provided in § 41:06:04:12 and elk as provided in § 41:06:04:13, a person may hunt, pursue, shoot at, shoot, or kill any of the big g…

Rule 41:06:04:12 Use of rifles and handguns to hunt birds prohibited -- Exception for wild turkeys. 41:06:04:12. Use of rifles and handguns to hunt birds prohibited -- Exception for wild turkeys. The use of rifles and handguns in the hunting of game birds is prohibited. However, …

Rule 41:06:04:13 Minimum firearm size for elk. 41:06:04:13. Minimum firearm size for elk. A person may not hunt, pursue, shoot at, shoot, or kill an elk with a firearm which is smaller than .243 caliber and produces less than 1,700 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle. Only soft p…

Rule 41:06:04:14 Muzzleloading restrictions. 41:06:04:14. Muzzleloading restrictions. In seasons restricted to muzzleloading firearms, no telescopic sights may be used. Telescopic sights are those sights that utilize magnification. Source: 21 SDR 102, effective December 8, 1994; …

Rule 41:06:04:15 Turkey restrictions. 41:06:04:15. Turkey restrictions. A person may not shoot a wild turkey that is in a tree or roost. Source: 21 SDR 102, effective December 8, 1994; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020. General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2). Law Implemented: SDCL…

Rule 41:06:04:16 Repealed. 41:06:04:16. Use of all-terrain vehicles. Repealed. Source: 25 SDR 126, effective April 20, 1999; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.

41:06:04:17. Minimum air gun specifications. No person may hunt species listed in SDCL 41-8-31(1A) with an air gun that is factory-rated to produce a muzzle velocity of less than six hundred feet per second. Only hunting pellets are permitted. Source: 38 SDR 8, effective August 3…

Rule 41:06:04:18 Licenses restricted to the use of a bow and arrow. 41:06:04:18. Licenses restricted to the use of a bow and arrow. Any license issued under an archery season is valid only for the use of a bow and arrow. Source: 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 46 SDR 116, ef…

Rule 41:06:04:19 Mandatory inspection of harvested elk. 41:06:04:19. Mandatory inspection of harvested elk. Each successful elk hunter shall submit the elk for inspection to a department representative within 24 hours after the kill. Source: 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012. L…

Rule 41:06:04:20 Mandatory inspection of harvested wolf. 41:06:04:20. Mandatory inspection of harvested wolf. Any person who harvests a wolf pursuant to SDCL 41-6-83 shall notify a conservation officer within 24 hours after the kill and submit the animal for inspection by a conse…

Rule 41:06:04:21 Repealed. 41:06:04:21. Mandatory submission of samples for chronic wasting disease testing. Repealed. Source: 44 SDR 93, effective December 4, 2017; 45 SDR 9, effective July 30, 2018; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.

Rule 41:06:05:01 Archery equipment restrictions. 41:06:05:01. Archery equipment restrictions. A person hunting with bow and arrow may not use or possess any of the following: (1) Explosive, poisonous, hydraulic, or pneumatic points; (2) Crossbows and draw-lock devices that hold t…

Rule 41:06:05:02 Repealed. 41:06:05:02. Minimum size of bow and arrows. Repealed. Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 8 SDR 162, effective June 10, 1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 22, effective August 9, 1984; 14 SDR 164, effective June 16, 1988; 16 SDR 220, …

Rule 41:06:05:03 Possession of firearm while archery hunting restricted. 41:06:05:03. Possession of firearm while archery hunting restricted. No person who is licensed in a season restricted only to archery may possess a firearm in the field while hunting with bow and arrow excep…

Rule 41:06:05:03.01 Repealed. 41:06:05:03.01. Nonlicensee armed accompaniment prohibited -- Exception. Repealed. Source: 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013; 45 SDR 9, effective July 30, 2018.

Rule 41:06:05:04 Repealed. 41:06:05:04. Bowhunter education certification required for certain archery hunters. Repealed. Source: 19 SDR 48, effective October 7, 1992; 45 SDR 9, effective July 30, 2018.