S.D. Admin. R. 41:08:01:08.01

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

Section 41:08:01:08.01 - Bobcat trapping and hunting season established - Hunting restrictions - Tagging requirements

The bobcat trapping and hunting season is open statewide from sunrise on December twenty-sixth through sunset on February fifteenth. Any trapper or hunter participating in the bobcat season east of the Missouri River is limited to harvesting one bobcat.

Any trapper or hunter participating in the bobcat season in the Black Hills may not harvest more than one bobcat in the area comprising:

(1) That portion of Lawrence County south of Interstate 90;

(2) That portion of Meade County west and south of Interstate 90;

(3) Those portions of Pennington and Custer Counties west of State Highway 79; and

(4) 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.

A harvested bobcat must be presented to a department representative for registration and tagging of the pelt, within five days of harvest during the season. Once the season has closed, a person has twenty-four hours to notify a department representative of any untagged bobcats harvested and arrange a time for registration and tagging of the pelt. The pelt must be removed from the carcass and the carcass must be surrendered to the department representative. After the pelt has been tagged, it must be returned to the hunter or trapper. Upon request, the carcass may be returned to the hunter or trapper after the carcass has been inspected and the lower jaw has been removed.

A person may only possess, purchase, or sell raw bobcat pelts that are tagged through the eyeholes with a tag provided by the department or if taken from another jurisdiction, properly and securely tagged with a tag supplied by the governmental entity issuing the license. If the governmental entity issuing the license does not issue a tag, other proof that the animal has been lawfully taken is necessary.

S.D. Admin. R. 41:08:01:08.01

2 SDR 18, effective 9/16/1975; 3 SDR 22, effective 9/23/1976; 4 SDR 15, effective 9/15/1977; 6 SDR 14, effective 8/23/1979; 7 SDR 21, effective 9/15/1980; 8 SDR 19, effective 8/31/1981; 9 SDR 30, effective 9/13/1982; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective 7/1/1984; 11 SDR 30, effective 8/30/1984; 13 SDR 26, effective 9/10/1986; 14 SDR 40, effective 9/23/1987; 20 SDR 13, effective 8/8/1993; 22 SDR 16, effective 8/15/1995; 23 SDR 20, effective 8/13/1996; 24 SDR 16, effective 8/13/1997; 30 SDR 21, effective 8/25/2003; 38 SDR 8, effective 8/3/2011; 39 SDR 10, effective 8/1/2012; 40 SDR 29, effective 8/20/2013; 42 SDR 93, effective 12/30/2015; 47 SDR 027, effective 9/15/2020; 47 SDR 038, effective 10/6/2020; 51 SDR 053, effective 11/11/2024

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

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-8-20.