# Plain-English Summary: Game, Fish and Parks Commission Rule Changes **Deer and elk license types are simplified, and antelope/goose hunting rules are adjusted.** Landowners buying licenses for deer, antelope, and elk on their own property will now purchase "single-tag" or "two-tag" licenses instead of the old "any deer" and "any antlerless" naming system. The changes clarify what different license types allow hunters to take. **Leftover hunting license rules are streamlined for antelope and turkey.** Instead of separate drawing rounds for residents and nonresidents, antelope licenses are now handled in the same way after the first lottery drawing, and turkey licenses get a clearer three-stage process to distribute unsold tags. Hunters who don't have a license for the season can apply for one leftover license after the first drawing. **Canada goose limits in two regions drop significantly.** The August management take for Canada geese drops from a daily limit of 15 birds to 8 birds, and the early fall season daily limit decreases from 15 to 8 geese. Possession limits for the early fall season are now capped at 24 geese instead of the previous three-times-daily-limit approach. **Custer State Park elk hunting expands and prairie elk rules change.** The park will issue up to 100 antlerless elk licenses (up from 20) across two separate hunting periods, and new prairie elk units open east of the Missouri River with unlimited licenses available in those areas.
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Rules concerning application for licenses, deer hunting seasons, elk hunting seasons, waterfowl hunting seasons, and bighorn sheep hunting season will be addressed
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