1 41:09:01:04. Tagging of bagged birds. Serially numbered tags, supplied by the
department, must be securely attached around the leg or neck of all harvested bird species that are
listed on the preserve permittee's permit. All pen-reared and wild birds harvested on a preserve
shall be tagged by the shooting preserve permittee, or the permittee's employees or agents, upon
any of the following circumstances:
(1) Prior to leaving the preserve acreage;
(2) At the time the birds are cleaned or processed;
(3) Prior to the birds being placed in a cooling or freezing facility; or
(4) Prior to midnight of the day that the birds were harvested.
Harvested birds may be transported directly to a lodge or cleaning facility not located on
permitted acres prior to tagging if:
(1) All birds being transported were harvested on preserve acres;
(2) No hunting may have occurred off preserve acres;
(3) Birds are transported directly to the processing facility or lodge;
(4) Birds are transported by the preserve operator or employee;
(5) Birds must be accompanied by the necessary kill tags;
(6) Complete harvest information must be loaded into the private shooting preserve
database supplied by the Department prior to leaving preserve acres; and
(7) All other transportation requirements as defined in ARSD 41:09:01:04.01 must be
followed.
The head, leg, or sufficient plumage must remain attached to the bird to identify the sex and
species of the bird. The kill tag must remain attached to the bird while the bird is possessed, placed
in public storage, transported, or shipped by anyone. However, the head, leg, and sufficient
2 plumage may be detached from the bird and discarded if the bird is processed at a wildlife
processing facility, if the bird is immediately packaged by a transparent vacuum-sealed or shrink-
wrap packaging process, and if the kill tag is encased in the same package and clearly legible. The
package shall contain only those individual bird parts associated with the original kill tag. No more
than two birds may be enclosed in the same package. Except as provided in this section, the
provisions of chapter 41:06:03 apply to the possession, processing, and transportation of game
birds harvested on a preserve.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 170,
effective April 28, 1986; 13 SDR 26, effective September 10, 1986; 16 SDR 148, effective March
21, 1990; 23 SDR 20, effective August 13, 1996; 32 SDR 55, effective October 17, 2005; 37 SDR
18, effective August 16, 2010; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 43 SDR 31, effective
September 14, 2016.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(10)(16).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(16), 41-10-2, 41-10-16.
3 41:09:01:04.01. Private shooting preserve transportation permit -- Exception. A
licensed private shooting preserve permittee may obtain a transportation permit for processing
purposes from the department. The permit allows the transportation of birds legally harvested on
the shooting preserve to another location for processing. The kill tags must be attached to the birds,
except as provided for in ARSD 41:09:01:04. The permit must include the preserve name; the
hunter's name; the hunter's driver's license number, state issued identification number, or youth
hunter safety number; the species and number of birds transported; and the date of processing.
In lieu of the transportation permit, a permittee or employee may transport permitted species
harvested on a shooting preserve to another location for processing, if the carrier of the birds has
a duplicate copy of the guest register required by SDCL 41-10-17. The permittee may use
computer formats that list hunter and harvest information for the birds being transported for
processing with prior department approval.
The carrier of the permit or guest register must be an employee of the preserve and must
possess the processing permit or a copy of the guest register while in possession of the birds
enroute to or from the processor.
Source: 22 SDR 16, effective August 15, 1995; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006;
38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(16).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(16).