1 41:06:00.01:02. Definitions. As used in this article:
(1) "Buck" means a male deer with a visible, polished antler;
(2) "Bull" means a male elk with a visible, polished antler;
(3) "Antlerless" means a whitetail or mule deer, or elk, of either sex without a visible antler;
(4) "Any deer" means a whitetail or mule deer of either sex;
(5) "Any whitetail" means a whitetail deer of either sex;
(6) "Antlerless whitetail" means a whitetail deer without a visible antler;
(7) "Any mule deer" means a mule deer of either sex;
(8) "Mule buck" means a male mule deer with a visible polished antler;
(9) "Any elk" means an elk of either sex;
(10)(9) "Any antelope" means an antelope of either sex;
(11)(10) "Doe/fawn antelope" means an antelope of either sex without horns or with
horns less than three inches in total length;
(12)(11) "Wild turkey" means a dark turkey which bears the characteristics of a Merriam
(Meleagris gallopavo merriami), Rio Grande (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia), or
Eastern (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) turkey; any such turkey released to the wild
which is not marked in accordance with § 41:09:02:04 and which is within a
hunting unit established by chapter 41:06:13 or 41:06:14;
(13)(12) "Any turkey" means a wild turkey of either sex;
(14)(13) "Male turkey" means a wild turkey with a visible beard or spurs. The beard
is a feathered appendage protruding from the breast;
(15)(14) "Hen turkey" means a wild turkey without a visible beard or spurs;
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(16)(15) "License type" means a license for a species or a family of related species,
sometimes specific to a particular species, sex, and geographic unit;
(17)(16) "Preference point" means a unit of license drawing opportunity that is assigned to
an individual;
(18)(17) "Agricultural purposes" means the producing, raising, growing, or harvesting of
food or fiber upon agricultural land, including dairy products, livestock, crops,
timber, and grasslands. Land leased solely for hunting, fishing, or trapping is not
considered agricultural purposes;
(19)(18) "Operate" means to lease or hold fee title to farm or ranch real property and be
directly involved in the management decisions made for agricultural purposes on the
farm or ranch;
(20)(19) "Owner-operator" means an individual holding fee title to farm or ranch real
property who is directly involved in the management decisions made for
agricultural purposes on the farm or ranch.
Source: 6 SDR 31, effective October 2, 1979; 9 SDR 171, effective July 13, 1983;
10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1985; 12 SDR
151, effective March 16, 1986; 13 SDR 37, effective October 7, 1986; 22 SDR 28, effective
September 4, 1995; 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001;
29 SDR 147, effective May 6, 2003; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 37 SDR 235,
effective June 27, 2011; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(1)(2).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(1)(2).
3 41:06:13:02. Open units -- Exceptions. The following is a description of the open spring
turkey hunting units:
(1) Unit BST-BH1: excluding Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Mount
Rushmore National Memorial, and Jewel Cave National Monument, that portion of
Lawrence County south of Interstate 90; that portion of Meade County west and south of
Interstate 90; those portions of Pennington and Custer Counties west of State Highway 79;
that portion of Fall River County north and west of a line beginning at the junction of the
South Dakota-Wyoming border and U.S. Highway 18, then east along U.S. Highway 18 to
its junction with the Cheyenne River. then east along the Cheyenne River to its junction
with State Highway 79; then north along State Highway 79 to its junction with the Custer
County line;
(2) Unit PST-01A: Minnehaha County;
(3) Unit PST-02A: that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River;
(4) Unit PST-06A: Brookings County Unit PST-05A: Codington County;
(4)(5) Unit PST-06A: Brookings County;
(5)(6) Unit PST-07A: Yankton County;
(6)(7) Unit PST-08A: Davison and Hanson Counties; Unit PST-08A is open beginning
on the second Saturday of April through April thirtieth;
(7)(8) Unit PST-08B: Davison and Hanson Counties; Unit PST-08B is open beginning
on May first through May thirty-first;
(8)(9) Unit PST-10A: Aurora and Douglas Counties;
(9)(10) Unit PST-11A: Bennett County;
(10)(11) Unit PST-12A: Bon Homme County;
4 (11)(12) Unit PST-13A: Brule and Buffalo Counties;
(12)(13) Unit PST-15A: Butte County and that portion of Lawrence County north of
Interstate 90;
(13)(14) Unit PST-16A: Campbell and Walworth Counties;
(14)(15) Unit PST-17A: Charles Mix County;
(15)(16) Unit PST-19A: Clay County;
(16)(17) Unit PST-20A: Corson County;
(17)(18) Unit PST-21A: that portion of Custer County east of State Highway 79 and that
portion of Pennington County south of Interstate 90 between State Highway 79 and the
Cheyenne River;
(18)(19) Unit PST-22A: Day and Codington Counties County;
(19)(20) Unit PST-23A: Deuel County;
(20)(21) Unit PST-24A: Dewey and Ziebach Counties;
(21)(22) Unit PST-27A: that portion of Fall River County not included in Unit BST-
BH1;
(22)(23) Unit PST-29A: Grant County;
(23)(24) Unit PST-30A: Gregory County;
(24)(25) Unit PST-31A: Haakon County;
(25)(26) Unit PST-32A: Hamlin and Clark Counties;
(26)(27) Unit PST-35A: Harding County;
(27)(28) Unit PST-36A: Hughes County;
(28)(29) Unit PST-37A: Hutchinson County;
(29)(30) Unit PST-39A: Jackson County;
5 (30)(31) Unit PST-40A: Beadle, Hand, and Jerauld Counties;
(31)(32) Unit PST-41A: Jones County;
(32)(33) Unit PST-44A: Lincoln County; Unit PST-44A is open beginning on the
second Saturday of April through April thirtieth;
(33)(34) Unit PST-44B: Lincoln County; Unit PST-44B is open beginning on May first
through May thirty-first;
(34)(35) Unit PST-45A: Lyman County;
(35)(36) Unit PST-48A: Marshall County and Roberts County;
(36)(37) Unit PST-49A: those portions of Meade County not included in Units BST-
BH1 and PST-53A, and that portion of Pennington County north of Interstate 90, west of
the Cheyenne River;
(37)(38) Unit PST-50A: Mellette County;
(38)(39) Unit PST-52A: Moody County;
(39)(40) Unit PST-53A: Perkins County and that portion of Meade County north of U.S.
Highway 212;
(40)(41) Unit PST-56A: Sanborn County;
(41)(42) Unit PST-58A: Stanley County;
(42)(43) Unit PST-58B: that portion of Stanley County located at the Oahe Downstream
Recreation Area to include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Land that is east and
southeast of Powerhouse Road. This unit is bordered by the Missouri River to the east and
the emergency spillway canal to the south. Unit PST-58B-is open beginning on the second
Saturday of April through April thirtieth, but only to licensed persons who use a
wheelchair;
6 (43)(44) Unit PST-60A: Tripp County;
(44)(45) Unit PST-61A: Turner County;
(45)(46) Unit PST-62A: Union County;
(46)(47) Unit PST-65A: Oglala Lakota County;
(47)(48) Unit PST-67A: Todd County; and
(48)(49) Unit AST-ST1: statewide for archery turkey, except in Custer State Park.
Excluding that portion of Fall River County within Unit PST-27A, licensees in prairie
units that utilize the Cheyenne or White Rivers as unit boundaries may hunt within one mile of
either side of the river boundary, as well as in the remainder of the unit for which the license is
issued.
Source: 1 SDR 60, effective February 26, 1975; 2 SDR 62, effective March 23, 1976; 3
SDR 67, effective April 3, 1977; 4 SDR 57, effective March 16, 1978; 5 SDR 68, effective
February 15, 1979; 6 SDR 94, effective March 26, 1980; 7 SDR 92, effective March 22, 1981; 8
SDR 102, effective March 4, 1982; 9 SDR 108, effective February 20, 1983; 10 SDR 85,
effective February 16, 1984; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 110,
effective February 21, 1985; 12 SDR 151, effective March 16, 1986; 13 SDR 128, effective
March 22, 1987; 14 SDR 114, effective March 9, 1988; 15 SDR 139, effective March 20, 1989;
16 SDR 148, effective March 21, 1990; 17 SDR 139, effective March 21, 1991; 18 SDR 144,
effective March 15, 1992; 19 SDR 128, effective March 9, 1993; 20 SDR 150, effective March
23, 1994; 21 SDR 148, effective March 6, 1995; 22 SDR 111, effective March 7, 1996; 23 SDR
142, effective March 17, 1997; 24 SDR 107, effective February 26, 1998; 25 SDR 108, effective
February 28, 1999; 26 SDR 117, effective March 16, 2000; 27 SDR 85, effective February 26,
2001; 28 SDR 129, effective March 18, 2002; 29 SDR 147, effective May 6, 2003; 30 SDR 147,
7 effective April 4, 2004; 31 SDR 115, effective February 14, 2005; 33 SDR 107, effective
December 27, 2006; 34 SDR 199, effective January 28, 2008; 35 SDR 184, effective February 2,
2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 37 SDR 131, effective January 10, 2011; 38 SDR
116, effective January 10, 2012; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 39 SDR 120, effective
January 9, 2013; 40 SDR 121, effective January 6, 2014; 41 SDR 107, effective January 5, 2015;
SL 2012, ch 56, § 1, effective May 1, 2015; 42 SDR 97, effective January 5, 2016; 43 SDR 89,
effective December 29, 2016; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018; 45 SDR 124, effective
April 17, 2019; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021;
49 SDR 46, effective November 21, 2022; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18, 41-11-5.
8 41:06:14:02. Black Hills unit -- Exceptions. The following is a description of the open
Black Hills unit:
Unit PFT-BH1: excluding Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, and those
portions of Custer and Fall River counties within a line beginning at the junction of U.S.
Highway 385 and the Custer/Pennington County line, south on U.S. Highway 385 to State
Highway 89, south on State Highway 89 to Pilger Mountain Road, west on Pilger
Mountain Road to Dewey Road, west on Dewey Road to the Wyoming-South Dakota state
line, south on the Wyoming-South Dakota state line to U.S. Highway 18, east on U.S.
Highway 18 to the Cheyenne River, east along the Cheyenne River to State Highway 79,
north on State Highway 79 to the Custer/Pennington County line, and west to the
Custer/Pennington County line, the point of beginning.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 10, effective August 7, 1975; 7 SDR 15,
effective August 25, 1980; 8 SDR 15, effective August 19, 1981; 9 SDR 14, effective
August 8, 1982; 9 SDR 171, effective July 13, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective
July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 22, effective August 9, 1984; 12 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1985;
13 SDR 9, effective August 3, 1986; 14 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1987; 15 SDR 3,
effective July 21, 1988; 16 SDR 32, effective August 20, 1989; 17 SDR 23, effective
August 16, 1990; 18 SDR 33, effective August 19, 1991; 19 SDR 17, effective August 12,
1992; 20 SDR 13, effective August 8, 1993; 21 SDR 14, effective August 3, 1994; 21 SDR
219, effective June 26, 1995; 22 SDR 16, effective August 15, 1995; 22 SDR 188,
effective July 10, 1996: 23 SDR 220, effective June 26, 1997; 24 SDR 176, effective June
21, 1998; 26 SDR 9, effective August 1, 1999; 27 SDR 13, effective August 27, 2000; 28
SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 29 SDR 29, effective August 26, 2002; 29 SDR 160,
9 effective June 3, 2003; 30 SDR 189, effective June 7, 2004; 31 SDR 213, effective July 4,
2005; 33 SDR 1, effective July 18, 2006; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 35
SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008; 36 SDR 21, effective August 18, 2009; 37 SDR 18,
effective August 16, 2010; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 39 SDR 10, effective
August 1, 2012; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013; 41 SDR 34, effective September 2,
2014; 42 SDR 14, effective August 10, 2015; 43 SDR 31, effective September 14, 2016;
45 SDR 30, effective September 10, 2018.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-11-5.
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-11-5.
10 41:06:14:02.01. Prairie units. The following is a description of the open prairie units:
(1) Unit PFT-01A: Minnehaha County. A person may use only a shotgun with
shotshells, a muzzleloading shotgun, or a bow and arrow;
(2) Unit PFT-02A: that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River;
(3) Unit PFT-06A: Brookings County. A person may use only a shotgun with
shotshells, a muzzleloading shotgun, or a bow and arrow;
(4) Unit PFT-07A: Yankton County;
(5) Unit PFT-08A: Davison and Hanson Counties. A person may use only a shotgun
with shotshells, a muzzleloading shotgun, or a bow and arrow;
(6) Unit PFT-10A: Aurora and Douglas Counties;
(7) Unit PFT-12A: Bon Homme County;
(8) Unit PFT-13A: Brule and Buffalo Counties;
(9) Unit PFT-15A: Butte County and that portion of Lawrence County north of
Interstate 90;
(10) Unit PFT-17A: Charles Mix County, excluding Lake Andes National Wildlife
Refuge;
(11) Unit PFT-19A: Clay County;
(12) Unit PFT-21A: that portion of Custer County east of State Highway 79 and that
portion of Pennington County south of Interstate 90 between State Highway 79 and the
Cheyenne River;
(13) Unit PFT-23A: Deuel County. A person may use only a shotgun with shotshells, a
muzzleloading shotgun, or a bow and arrow;
(14) Unit PFT-24A: Dewey and Ziebach Counties;
11 (15) Unit PFT-27A: that portion of Fall River County not included in Unit BFT-BH1;
(16) Unit PFT-29A: Grant County;
(17) Unit PFT-30A: Gregory County;
(18) Unit PFT-31A: Haakon County;
(19) Unit PFT-35A: Harding County;
(20) Unit PFT-36A: Hughes County, excluding Farm Island Recreation Area,
LaFramboise Island Nature Area, and department land from the Pierre city limits to Farm
Island Recreation Area;
(21) Unit PFT-37A: Hutchinson County. A person may use only a shotgun with
shotshells, a muzzleloading shotgun, or a bow and arrow;
(22) Unit PFT-39A: Jackson County;
(23) Unit PFT-40A: Jerauld County;
(24) Unit PFT-41A: Jones County;
(25) Unit PFT-44A: Lincoln County;
(26) Unit PFT-45A: Lyman County;
(27) Unit PFT-48A: those portions of Marshall County south and east of State Highway
25 and north of State Highway 10 and Roberts County. A person may use only a shotgun
with shotshells, a muzzleloading shotgun, or a bow and arrow;
(28) Unit PFT-49A: those portions of Meade County not included in Units BFT-BH1
and PFT-53A, and that portion of Pennington County north of Interstate 90, west of the
Cheyenne River;
(29) Unit PFT-50A: Mellette County;
12 (30) Unit PFT-52A: Moody County. A person may use only a shotgun with shotshells,
a muzzleloading shotgun, or a bow and arrow;
(31) Unit PFT-53A: Perkins County and that portion of Meade County north of U.S.
Highway 212;
(32) Unit PFT-58A: Stanley County;
(33) Unit PFT-60A: Tripp County;
(34) Unit PFT-61A: Turner County;
(35) Unit PFT-62A: Union County; and
(36) Unit PFT-67A: Todd County.
Except for the Black Hills fall turkey open unit and statewide spring archery turkey unit,
the open prairie units for the fall wild turkey hunting season are the same geographic areas
described as prairie spring turkey units in § 41:06:13:02. For the fall season, unit identifiers
begin with “PFT”, while spring turkey units use the “PST” prefix.
In Minnehaha County, hunters are limited to using shotguns with shotshells,
muzzleloading shotguns, or bows and arrows.
Source: 15 SDR 3, effective July 21, 1988; 16 SDR 32, effective August 20, 1989; 17
SDR 23, effective August 16, 1990; 18 SDR 33, effective August 19, 1991; 19 SDR 17,
effective August 12, 1992; 20 SDR 13, effective August 8, 1993; 21 SDR 14, effective
August 3, 1994; 22 SDR 188, effective July 10, 1996; 23 SDR 220, effective June 26,
1997; 26 SDR 9, effective August 1, 1999; 27 SDR 13, effective August 27, 2000; 28 SDR
24, effective August 28, 2001; 29 SDR 29, effective August 26, 2002; 29 SDR 160,
effective June 3, 2003; 30 SDR 189, effective June 7, 2004; 31 SDR 213, effective July 4,
2005; 33 SDR 1, effective July 18, 2006; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 35
13 SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008; 36 SDR 21, effective August 18, 2009; 37 SDR 18,
effective August 16, 2010; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 39 SDR 10, effective
August 1, 2012; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013; 41 SDR 34, effective September 2,
2014; 42 SDR 14, effective August 10, 2015; 43 SDR 31, effective September 14, 2016;
45 SDR 30, effective September 10, 2018; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020; 47 SDR
27, effective September 15, 2020; 49 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2022; 51 SDR 13,
effective August 14, 2024.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(14)(17).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(14)(17), 41-11-5.