Title 41 — GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY

A person whose hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges have been suspended is prohibited from exercising the suspended privilege, or applying for a license, permit, or preference point that corresponds to the suspended privilege. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemea…

Except as otherwise provided, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a resident to catch or attempt to catch, take, kill, or have in the resident's possession any fish, frogs, or turtles without a resident fishing license, a resident senior fishing license, a temporary fishing license, …

Except as otherwise provided, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a nonresident to catch or attempt to catch, take, kill, or possess any fish, frogs, or turtles without a nonresident fishing license, a temporary fishing license, or a nonresident family fishing license or in violation…

No person may train dogs on wild game birds from April fifteenth to July thirty - first, inclusive. The commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to impose restrictions on the methods, dates, and number of dogs that may be trained on wild game birds on public lan…

41-6-81 Hunter mentoring program--License--Requirements--Promulgation of rules. 41-6-82 Forfeiture of preference points for killing or possessing trophy animals. 41-6-83 Restriction on hunting wolves. 41-6-84 Special license to hunt game animals--Proceeds used for habitat program…

Except as provided in § 41-6-6 , it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any nonresident of the State of South Dakota to take, shoot, or kill, in any manner whatsoever, any protected game, fish, or wildfowl on any boundary river, stream, or lake of the State of South Dakota or to carry o…

Except as provided in this section, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a resident to hunt, take, or kill raccoons, badgers, or species defined as a predator/varmint in § 41-1-1 without a resident predator/varmint license or in violation of the conditions of the license or the rules …

A mentored youth hunting license may be issued to a child under the age of sixteen. The child must be accompanied by a hunting mentor. A hunting mentor may be the child's parent or guardian or any other competent adult who has the consent of the child's parent or guardian. The hu…

Any person convicted of unlawfully killing, destroying, taking, or possessing a trophy animal, as defined in § 41-1-1.3 , shall forfeit all preference points accumulated pursuant to rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission. Source: SL 2013…

Wolves may only be hunted, taken, or killed in any area of the state in which the State of South Dakota has preeminent authority over the management of wolves. Source: SL 2013, ch 206 , § 2.

The Game, Fish and Parks Commission may provide for a special license that allows a person to hunt one or more game animals. The commission may establish a nonrefundable application fee, not to exceed ten dollars for any resident and not to exceed twenty dollars for any nonreside…

Except as provided in § 41-6-10.2 , a person eighteen years of age or older shall purchase a habitat stamp when applying for or purchasing a hunting or fishing license. The fee for the habitat stamp shall be ten dollars for residents and twenty-five dollars for nonresidents. A pe…

All revenue collected from the sale of the habitat stamp provided for in § 41-6-85 shall be deposited in the game, fish and parks fund for the purposes of enhancing terrestrial habitat on public lands, providing additional public access to private lands and aquatic habitat enhanc…

41-6-10.1 Combination licenses--Issuance. 41-6-10.2 Certain disabled residents and residents held as prisoners of war eligible for reduced license fees. 41-6-11