S.D. Admin. R. 41:06:23:02

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 41:06:23:02 - Open units - Exceptions

The following is a description of the open units for the antelope hunting season:

(1) Unit PRA-02A: that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River;

(2) Unit PRA-11A: Bennett and Oglala Lakota Counties;

(3) Unit PRA-15A: that portion of Butte County enclosed by a line beginning at the junction of the Harding-Butte County line and the South Dakota-Montana state line; then east on the county line to U.S. Highway 85; then south on U.S. Highway 85 to the junction of U.S. Highway 212; then west on U.S. Highway 212 to the South Dakota-Wyoming line; then north on the state line to the Harding-Butte county line, the point of beginning;

(4) Unit PRA-15B: that portion of Butte County not included in Unit PRA-15A and Lawrence County north of Interstate 90;

(5) Unit PRA-20A: Corson County;

(6) Unit PRA-21A: that portion of Custer County east of U.S. Highway 385 and the eastern boundaries of Wind Cave National Park and Custer State Park and that portion of Pennington County south of Interstate 90, east of the eastern boundary of the Black Hills National Forest, and east of U.S. Highway 16;

(7) Unit PRA-22A: those portions of Brown, Clark, Day, and Spink Counties east of State Highway 37, south of U.S. Highway 12, west of State Highway 25, and north of U.S. Highway 212;

(8) Unit PRA-24A: Dewey County;

(9) Unit PRA-27A: Fall River County and that portion of Custer County south of U.S. Highway 16 and west of U.S. Highway 385;

(10) Unit PRA-31A: Haakon County;

(11) Unit PRA-35A: that portion of Harding County west of U.S. Highway 85;

(12) Unit PRA-35B: that portion of Harding County east of U.S. Highway 85;

(13) Unit PRA-36A: Hughes County;

(14) Unit PRA-38A: Buffalo, Hand, and Hyde Counties;

(15) Unit PRA-39A: Jackson County;

(16) Unit PRA-41A: Jones County, excluding that portion described in PRA-45B;

(17) Unit PRA-45A: Lyman County except for United States Corps of Engineers land and excluding that area described in Unit PRA-45B;

(18) Unit PRA-45B: those portions of Lyman, Stanley, and Jones Counties enclosed by a line beginning at the northwest corner of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, then west eighteen miles, then south twenty miles, then east nineteen miles, then north one and one-half miles to the southwest corner of the reservation, then northerly along the reservation boundary to the northwest corner of the reservation, the point of beginning;

(19) Unit PRA-48A: that portion of Marshall County north of State Highway 10;

(20) Unit PRA-49A: that portion of Meade County north of State Highway 34 and south of U.S. Highway 212;

(21) Unit PRA-49B: that portion of Meade County east of Interstate 90 and south of State Highway 34 and that portion of Pennington County east and north of Interstate 90 and west of the Cheyenne River;

(22) Unit PRA-50A: Mellette and Todd Counties;

(23) Unit PRA-53A: that portion of Perkins County north of State Highway 20;

(24) Unit PRA-53B: that portion of Perkins County south of State Highway 20 and that portion of Meade County north of U.S. Highway 212;

(25) Unit PRA-58A: Stanley County, excluding that portion described in PRA-45B;

(26) Unit PRA-59A: Sully County;

(27) Unit PRA-60A: Tripp County;

(28) Unit PRA-63A: Campbell, Potter, and Walworth Counties;

(29) Unit PRA-64A: Ziebach County; and

(30) Unit PRA-PR: Private property not leased by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks for public hunting in any open unit identified in this section for the use of a special antelope license.

If no license is allocated for a specific hunting unit, that unit is dissolved for the purposes of designating areas open to hunting, as they pertain to the archery antelope season, and areas open to hunting under SDCL 41-6-19.3.

S.D. Admin. R. 41:06:23:02

SL 1975, ch 16; 42 SDR14, effective 8/10/2015; 42 SDR 31, effective 9/14/2016; 46 SDR 030, effective 9/9/2019; 48 SDR 014, effective 8/22/2021; 49 SDR 009, effective 8/8/2022; 51 SDR 013, effective 8/14/2024

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17).

Archery antelope hunting season established -- Open area -- Number and type of licenses available. § 41:06:24:01. Resident farmer or rancher limited deer or antelope permit -- Eligibility. SDCL 41-6-19.3.