Game, Fish and Parks Commission on amendment of Administrative Rules

1 41:06:26:01. Black Hills elk hunting season established -- Number and type of licenses
-- Season dates. The Black Hills elk hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to
one-half hour after sunset each day of the season. No more than eight hundred "any elk" licenses
and no more than one thousand, five hundred "antlerless elk" licenses may be issued for the Black
Hills elk hunting season. The Black Hills elk hunting seasons season dates are as follows:
(1) Units BHE-H1A, BHE-H2A, BHE-H3A, BHE-H4A, BHE-H5A, BHE-H7A, and BHE-H9A
are open from October first through October thirty-first;
(2) Units BHE-H1B, BHE-H4B, BHE-H7B, and BHE-H9B are open from October fifteenth
through October thirty-first and from December first through December sixteenth;
(3) Units BHE-H2B, BHE-H2E, BHE-H2H, BHE-H3B, and BHE-H3E are open from October
fifteenth through October thirty-first;
(4) Units BHE-H2C, BHE-H2F, BHE-H2I, BHE-H3C, and BHE-H3F are open from
December first through December sixteenth; and
(5) Units BHE-H2D, BHE-H2G, BHE-H2J, BHE-H3D, and BHE-H3G are open from
December seventeenth through December thirty-first.; and
(6) Unit BHE-H4B is open from October first through October thirty-first and from December
first through December sixteenth.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 10, effective August 7, 1975; 4 SDR 10, effective
August 25, 1977; 5 SDR 12, effective August 21, 1978; 7 SDR 15, effective August 25, 1980; 10
SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 42 SDR 146,
effective May 5, 2016; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018; 46 SDR 130, effective May 28, 2020;
48 SDR 115, effective May 24, 2022; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(1)(2)(17).
2 Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(1)(2)(17).