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firearm size for elk. A person may not hunt, pursue, shoot at, shoot, or kill an elk with a firearm which is smaller than .243 caliber and produces less than 1,700 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle. Only soft point or expanding bullets are permitted.
Source: 20 SDR 13, effective August 8, 1993; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.