South Dakota Administrative Code

41:06:56:02. Open units. The open units for the bighorn sheep hunting season are as follows: (1) Unit BHS-BH2: that portion of Custer and Fall River Counties within a line beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 16 and the Wyoming state line, east on U.S. Highway 16 to the inte…

41:06:56:03. Number and type of licenses. No more than twenty ram bighorn sheep licenses may be issued for the bighorn sheep hunting season. One bighorn sheep license may be issued for sale by auction pursuant to the procedures established in this chapter, valid for one ram bigho…

Rule 41:06:56:04 Application requirements and restrictions. 41:06:56:04. Application requirements and restrictions. Except for the auction license, an application for license may be made by any resident who has not been previously issued a bighorn sheep license in this state. Lan…

41:06:56:05. Mandatory briefing and check-in. Each bighorn sheep licensee shall attend an orientation meeting at the regional office in Rapid City preceding the first day of hunting by the licensee. All successful hunters must submit their bighorn sheep to a designated department…

Rule 41:06:56:06 One bighorn sheep license available by auction. 41:06:56:06. One bighorn sheep license available by auction. One bighorn sheep license shall be allocated as an auction license in § 41:06:56:03 if a minimum of three bighorn sheep licenses are approved by the commi…

Rule 41:06:56:07 Criteria for selection by commission of exempt organization. 41:06:56:07. Criteria for selection by commission of exempt organization. Any organization meeting the basic requirements in § 41:06:56:06 may apply for selection as the participant for the auction lice…

Rule 41:06:56:08 Application procedures. 41:06:56:08. Application procedures. An organization interested in applying for selection as the participant in the bighorn sheep auction license shall submit its application letter to the department. The application shall include: (1) A s…

Rule 41:06:56:09 Repealed. 41:06:56:09. Application deadline. Repealed. Source: 39 SDR 120, effective January 9, 2013; 46 SDR 11, effective July 29, 2019.

Rule 41:06:56:10 Selection of organization by commission, 41:06:56:10. Selection of organization by commission. The commission shall review and evaluate the information contained in each application letter according to the criteria listed in § 41:06:56:08. The commission shall, b…

Rule 41:06:56:11 Execution of agreement on participation in bighorn sheep auction license -- Contents of agreement. 41:06:56:11. Execution of agreement on participation in bighorn sheep auction license -- Contents of agreement. The participant selected and the commission shall en…

Rule 41:06:58:01 Resident pheasant hunting season established. 41:06:58:01. Resident pheasant hunting season established. A resident pheasant hunting season is open statewide for three consecutive days beginning on the second Saturday of October. Source: 27 SDR 101, effective Apr…

Rule 41:06:58:02 Areas open to hunting. 41:06:58:02. Areas open to hunting. The resident pheasant hunting season is only open to hunting on the following areas: (1) All department owned, leased, managed, or controlled property otherwise open to hunting; (2) Department managed or …

Rule 41:06:58:03 Shooting hours -- Bag and possession limits -- License requirements. 41:06:58:03. Shooting hours -- Bag and possession limits -- License requirements. The shooting hours are 10:00 a.m. Central Time to sunset each day. The daily bag limit is three male pheasants. …

Rule 41:06:58:04 Season eligibility. 41:06:58:04. Season eligibility. Only residents of the state are eligible to hunt during this season. Source: 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001. General Authority:SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17). Law Implemented:SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

41:06:59:01. Prairie elk hunting season established -- Number and type of licenses available -- Season dates. The prairie elk hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day of the season. For the prairie season, no more than two hu…

41:06:59:02. Open units. The open units for the prairie elk hunting season are as follows: (1) Unit PRE-09A: those portions of Lawrence and Butte Counties within a line beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highways 85 and 212, then east on Highway 212 to Whitewood Valley Road, t…

Rule 41:06:59:03 Repealed. 41:06:59:03. Licenses valid for type of elk and unit specified. Repealed. Source: 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; repealed, 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012.

Rule 41:06:59:04 Repealed. 41:06:59:04. Application requirements and restrictions. Repealed. Source: 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 28 SDR 166, effective June 4, 2002; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 33 SDR 212, effective June 4, 2006; repealed, 39 SDR 10, effective Augus…

Rule 41:06:60:01 Season established. 41:06:60:01. Season established. The non-trophy bison harvest in Custer State Park is open for 40 days beginning the first Monday in October. A licensee is restricted to one day for the hunt. Source: 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 41 SDR …

41:06:60:02. Number and type of licenses. Each season, no more than thirty non-trophy bull bison licenses may be issued by lottery, with no less than sixty percent of the licenses to be issued allocated to residents in a first draw. Source: 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 39 …

Rule 41:06:60:03 Repealed. 41:06:60:03. Bag and possession limit. Repealed. Source: 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.

Rule 41:06:60:04 Guide required. 41:06:60:04. Guide required. A licensee shall be accompanied by an authorized Custer State Park official while hunting. Source: 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003. General Authority:SDCL 41-17-1.1(1). Law Implemented:SDCL 41-17-1.1(1).

Rule 41:06:60:05 Preference established. 41:06:60:05. Preference established. The department shall give preference, utilizing the procedure established for unsuccessful applicants in § 41:06:01:10, to applicants who are unsuccessful in drawing licenses authorized by this chapter.…

Rule 41:06:61:01 Mountain lion hunting season established. 41:06:61:01. Mountain lion hunting season established. The mountain lion hunting season is open statewide year-round from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day, except as provided in § 41:06:…

41:06:61:02. Black Hills Fire Protection District -- Harvest limit -- Season dates -- Season closure. The season harvest limit for the area within the Black Hills Fire Protection District is sixty mountain lions or forty female mountain lions. The mountain lion hunting season in …

Rule 41:06:61:03 Prairie unit description -- Number of licenses available -- Licenses available only to resident landowners. 41:06:61:03. Prairie unit description -- Number of licenses available -- Licenses available only to resident landowners. Repealed. Source: 32 SDR 45, effec…

Rule 41:06:61:04 Season extension -- Commission resolution required. 41:06:61:04. Season extension -- Commission resolution required. The commission may, by resolution, extend the mountain lion hunting season past April 30. Source: 32 SDR 45, effective September 20, 2005; 33 SDR …

Rule 41:06:61:05 Repealed. 41:06:61:05. Licenses valid only for unit specified. Repealed. Source: 32 SDR 45, effective September 20, 2005; repealed, 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012.

41:06:61:06. Application requirements -- License and season restrictions -- Special conditions -- Carcass check-in procedures. Only a resident may apply for a mountain lion hunting license. The following requirements, restrictions, special conditions, and procedures apply to all …

Rule 41:06:62:01 Season established. 41:06:62:01. Season established. Tags issued with a hunt for habitat hunting license are valid during any hunting season provided in Article 41:06 that allows the licensee to take any animal that is permitted if the licensee abides by the requ…

Rule 41:06:62:02 License valid period. 41:06:62:02. License valid period. Each hunt for habitat license tag shall be valid during the calendar year of drawing or subsequent calendar year. Source: 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019. General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(1)(2)(17), 41-6…

41:06:62:03. Number of licenses. No more than ten big game licenses may be issued for the hunt for habitat raffle. Both residents and nonresidents are eligible to receive a single license or license package containing more than one license type, provided no more than one same lic…

Rule 41:06:62:04 Applications allowed. 41:06:62:04. Applications allowed. Any person who is eligible to hold a hunting license in this state may submit an unlimited number of applications for hunt for habitat licenses. Unsuccessful applicants will not accrue preference points for…

41:06:63:01. Youth deer hunting season -- Established. The youth deer hunting season is open statewide from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset beginning on the second Saturday of September through January 1. Source: 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021. Gen…

41:06:63:02. Number and types of licenses available. An unlimited number of "antlerless deer" and "antlerless whitetail deer" licenses may be issued for this season. Youth deer hunters are limited to one "antlerless deer" or "antlerless whitetail deer" licenses for areas open to …

41:06:63:03. Open units. The following is a description of the open units: (1) Unit YOD-03: West River Units 02A, 15A, 15B, 31A, 35A, 35C, 35L, 49A, 49B, 53A, 53C, and 64A. Only a single tag "any antlerless deer" license is valid in this unit. (2) Unit YOD-13: That portion of the…

41:06:63:04. Closed areas. The youth deer season is closed and licenses are not valid in the following areas: (1) Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Brown County, unless otherwise allowed by the refuge; (2) Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge in Bennett County, unless otherwise a…

41:06:63:05. Application eligibility -- Restrictions. The following are eligible to participate in the youth deer season: (1) Any person who has reached the age of 12 years during the period September through December 31 and has not reached the age of 18 years by June 30; and (2)…

41:06:64:01. Deer hunting season for resident disabled veterans established -- Eligibility. The disabled veteran deer hunting season is open statewide on private land from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset beginning on the second Saturday of September thr…

41:06:64:02. Number and types of licenses available -- Application process. A sponsoring nonprofit organization shall complete and submit an application to the department stating the name, address, and phone number of the sponsoring organization and the name of any landowner prov…

41:07:01:01. Definition of terms. As used in this article: (1) "Artificial lures" means flies, jigs, spoons, spinners, and plugs made of metal, plastic, wood, hair, feathers, and other inedible materials, but not fish eggs, moldable scented baits, naturally occurring foods, or ma…

Rule 41:07:01:02 South Dakota-Minnesota reciprocal access agreement. 41:07:01:02. South Dakota-Minnesota reciprocal access agreement. Residents of this state and residents of Minnesota may only fish the South Dakota-Minnesota boundary waters if they are in possession of a valid r…

Rule 41:07:01:02.01 South Dakota-Nebraska reciprocal access agreement. 41:07:01:02.01. South Dakota-Nebraska reciprocal access agreement. Any person possessing a valid fishing license or permit issued by this state or Nebraska, or who is legally exempted from license or permit re…

Rule 41:07:01:02.02 South Dakota-Iowa reciprocal access agreement. 41:07:01:02.02. South Dakota-Iowa reciprocal access agreement. If the state of Iowa grants reciprocal privileges to lawful South Dakota anglers any lawful Iowa angler may fish from a boat or either bank in the Sou…

Rule 41:07:01:03 Baitfish use restricted. 41:07:01:03. Baitfish use restricted. A person may not use or possess minnows or live baitfish at or adjacent to Lake Creek, Cedar Creek Dam No. 1, and Cedar Creek Dam No. 2 on the Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge in Bennett County. Sourc…

Rule 41:07:01:04 Repealed. 41:07:01:04. No fishing on downstream side of Big Bend Dam.Repealed. Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; repealed, 3 SDR 40, effective January 1, 1977; readopted, 6 SDR 60, effective January 1, 1980; repealed, 8 SDR 19, effective August 31, 1981.

Rule 41:07:01:05 No-fishing zones. 41:07:01:05. No fishing zones. No person may fish by any method on or in waters posted by the department as protected spawn beds, rearing ponds, or other natural ponds used to rear or propagate fish or other no fishing areas which are clearly po…

Rule 41:07:01:06 Artificial lights. 41:07:01:06. Artificial lights. A person may use artificial lights while fishing with legal methods. Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 60, effective January 1, 1980; repealed, 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; readopted, 26 SDR 85…

Rule 41:07:01:07 Transportation and storage of fish. 41:07:01:07. Transportation and storage of fish. No person may possess fish on the ice or transport dressed fish from the waters of this state to the person's domicile unless those fish can be readily counted. Two fillets are t…

Rule 41:07:01:07.01 Fish transportation permits. 41:07:01:07.01. Fish transportation permits. Except as provided in § 41:07:01:07.02, a person transporting another person's legally taken fish shall obtain a transportation permit which is available without fee from an authorized d…