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 - four hundredths of an inch. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: 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.
Minimum caliber of muzzle loading big game ammunition--Violation as misdemeanor
SDCL § 41-8-10 — under HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS.
SDCL § 41-8-10