ARSD 41:06:01:18 – Authorization for terminally ill residents to hunt deer, antelope and turkeys.

The secretary may authorize a resident:

(1) Who has been diagnosed by a licensed doctor of medicine to have a terminal illness that to a reasonable medical certainty is expected to substantially shorten the resident's life expectancy to hunt deer, antelope, or turkey; or
(2) Who is under the age of twenty-six and has been diagnosed by a licensed doctor of medicine to have cancer or other life-threatening illness to hunt deer, antelope, or turkey.
Authorization to hunt issued pursuant to this section shall allow the resident to take no more than one deer, one antelope, and one turkey and shall be issued on a once-in-a-lifetime basis for each species for which authorization is requested. The secretary may waive certain restrictions related to the hunting season or impose additional terms and conditions as necessary to facilitate participation by the resident.

Source: 42 SDR 117, effective March 1, 2016; 44 SDR 17, effective August 7, 2017; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020.

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(12)(13) , 41-6-21.

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(12)(13) , 41-6-21.

Prior versions effective: 2017-08-07, 2016-03-01.