41:06:24:01Archery antelope hunting season established -- Open area -- Number and type of licenses available.

The archery antelope hunting season is open in those areas of the state with a firearm antelope season from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day beginning on the third Saturday of August through October thirty-first, except during the firearm antelope season. Archery antelope hunting is closed in Custer State Park. Hunting is open in PRA-45B as described in § 41:06:23:02 during the archery antelope hunting season for residents with an access permit. The department may issue: (1) An unlimited number of resident one-tag antelope licenses valid on public and private land; (2) An unlimited number of nonresident one-tag archery antelope licenses valid on private land not leased by the department for public hunting; (3) No more than four hundred and fifty nonresident one-tag archery antelope licenses, valid on public and private land; and (4) Access permits by lottery drawing.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 78, effective June 19, 1975; 2 SDR 74, effective May 18, 1976; 6 SDR 129, effective July 13, 1980; 8 SDR 162, effective June 10, 1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 156, effective May 27, 1985; 13 SDR 192, effective June 22, 1987; 14 SDR 164, effective June 16, 1988; 15 SDR 193, effective June 20, 1989; 24 SDR 156, effective May 17, 1998; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 34 SDR 332, effective July 7, 2008; 35 SDR 306, effective July 2, 2009; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 46 SDR 30, effective September 9, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020; 49 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2022; 49 SDR 89, effective May 1, 2023; 51 SDR 13, effective August 14, 2024.