Filed as: Game, Fish and Parks Commission on amendment of Administrative Rules
Mountain lion hunters in the Black Hills Fire Protection District will face new dog-hunting restrictions: instead of the former system allowing dogs in Custer State Park during alternating two-week intervals, hunters may now use dogs only with a temporary access permit issued by random drawing, and only within a geographically defined area that extends beyond the park boundaries. The harvest limits remain sixty total mountain lions or forty female mountain lions per season, with the season running December 26 through April 30. Additionally, South Dakota is reorganizing and adding to its aquatic invasive species list, including the new addition of Prussian carp and a broader category for all snakehead species, while also creating new exemptions that allow people to transport live red swamp crayfish for human consumption and to possess dead invasive fish and crayfish species without a permit.
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Rules concerning Mountain Lion Hunting Season and Aquatic Invasive Species will be addressed.
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