FINAL DRAFT OF RULES
ADOPTED BY THE GAME, FISH AND PARKS
COMMISSION
ON JULY 10, 2025
1 ARTICLE 41:03
PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS
Chapter
41:03:01 Uses of parks and public lands.
41:03:02 Motor vehicles on public lands.
41:03:03 Park license and trail use pass.
41:03:04 Camping permits and rules.
41:03:05 George S. Mickelson Trail user service fees.
41:03:06 Snowmobile state recreational trail user service fee.
41:03:07 Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports Complex.
CHAPTER 41:03:07
PETE LIEN & SONS SHOOTING SPORTS COMPLEX
Section
41:03:07:01 Fees.
41:03:07:01. Fees. Fees associated with the use of the Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports
Complex are as follows:
(1) Individual day permit, twenty dollars;
(2) Individual annual permit, one hundred dollars;
(3) Family annual permit, one hundred and fifty dollars;
(4) Annual club permit, five hundred dollars;
(5) Competitive event permit, twenty dollars per competitor; and
(6) Non-competitive event permit, five hundred dollars per shooting bay for two days
and two hundred dollars for each additional day.
2 Source:
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(4).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-26.
3 41:06:07:02. Eligibility of past licensees. A person who received a Custer State Park
elk license or a Custer State Park early archery elk license in any previous year may not apply for
that license again. A person who received a Custer State Park bighorn sheep license or Black
Hills bighorn sheep license in any previous year may not apply for a Custer State Park bighorn
sheep license. A However, a person who previously received a Custer State Park elk license is
eligible to receive a Custer State Park elk license awarded through a special fundraising raffle.
A person who received a Custer State Park bighorn sheep license or Black Hills bighorn
sheep license in any previous year may not apply for a Custer State Park bighorn sheep license. A
person who received a first-choice unit license for the special antlerless elk season in any of the
preceding nine years may not apply for a license in that season. A person who received a Custer
State Park "any deer" license, "any whitetail deer," or "any whitetail deer plus antlerless whitetail
deer" license in any of the preceding nine years may not apply for a unit license for the Custer
State Park "any deer," "any whitetail deer," or "any whitetail deer plus antlerless whitetail deer"
in that season. A person who received a Custer State Park "any antelope" antelope license in any
of the preceding nine years may not apply for a license in that season. Receiving a license for the
special antlerless elk season does not affect a person's future eligibility for the Custer State Park
elk license, nor does receiving the Custer State Park elk license affect future eligibility for the
special antlerless elk license.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 3 SDR 13, effective August 25, 1976; 8 SDR 15, effective
August 19, 1981; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 14, effective August
6, 1985; 12 SDR 22, effective August 21, 1985; 16 SDR 32, effective August 20, 1989; 17 SDR
12, effective July 31, 1990; 21 SDR 207, effective June 5, 1995; 24 SDR 156, effective May 17,
1998; 28 SDR 166, effective June 4, 2002; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 31 SDR 191,
4 effective June 7, 2005; 36 SDR 215, effective July 1, 2010; 37 SDR 112, effective December 8,
2010; 38 SDR 101, effective December 5, 2011; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2), 41-17-1.1(1)(4).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2), 41-17-1.1(1)(4).
Cross-References:
Custer State Park elk hunting season established -- Number and type of licenses -- Season
dates, § 41:06:27:01.
Custer State Park early archery elk hunting season established -- Number and type of
licenses -- Season dates, § 41:06:28:01.
5 CHAPTER 41:06:25
CUSTER STATE PARK ANTELOPE HUNTING SEASON
Section
41:06:25:01 Custer State Park antelope hunting season established -- Number and type of
license.
41:06:25:02 Number of licenses -- Type -- Dates, Repealed.
41:06:25:03 Repealed.
41:06:25:04 Repealed.
41:06:25:01. Custer State Park antelope hunting season established -- Number and
type of license. The Custer State Park antelope hunting season is closed open in Custer State
Park from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, for sixteen consecutive
days, beginning on the first Saturday in October. No more than ten one-tag antelope licenses may
be issued to residents for the season.
Source: 5 SDR 12, effective August 21, 1978; 8 SDR 15, effective August 19, 1981; 9
SDR 158, effective June 14, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 186,
effective May 28, 1986; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 39 SDR 10, effective August
1, 2012; 44 SDR 51, effective September 26, 2017.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-17-1.1(1)(4).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-17-1.1(1)(4).
6 41:06:25:02. Number of licenses -- Type -- Dates. The Custer State Park antelope
hunting season includes Unit CUA-CU1 where a maximum of 3 "any antelope" licenses may be
issued. Antelope may be taken by any legal means from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half
hour after sunset each day beginning the Tuesday following Native American Day for nine
consecutive days Repealed.
Source: 5 SDR 12, effective August 21, 1978; 6 SDR 14, effective August 23, 1979; 8
SDR 15, effective August 19, 1981; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 10 SDR
120, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 156, effective May 27, 1985; 36 SDR 39, effective
September 23, 2009; 38 SDR 40, effective September 21, 2011; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29,
2020.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-6-21, 41-17-1.1(1)(4).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-6-21, 41-17-1.1(1)(4).