Game, Fish and Parks Commission on amendment of Administrative Rules

What this changes

# Summary The Department of Game, Fish and Parks is making technical updates to hunting regulations. First, the definitions section removes outdated language about "polished" antlers for deer and elk, simplifies terminology by eliminating the "mule buck" definition, and renumbers remaining definitions accordingly. Second, the rules reorganize spring and fall turkey hunting units by removing federal lands (Wind Cave National Park and Mount Rushmore National Memorial) from the Black Hills unit description, adding Codington County as a new spring turkey hunting area, and moving Day County out of a shared unit. Third, the fall turkey prairie units section is simplified by cross-referencing the spring turkey units rather than listing them separately, while keeping weapon restrictions (shotguns and bows only) in place for select counties like Minnehaha.

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