Hunting license fees are as follows:

1. (1) Resident predator/varmint license, six dollars;

2. (2) Resident small game license:

   1. (a) Eighteen years of age and older, thirty dollars; and
   2. (b) Under eighteen years of age, five dollars;
3. (3) Resident one-day small game license, fifteen dollars;
4. (4) Resident combination license, fifty-four dollars;
5. (5) Senior combination license, sixty-five years of age and older, thirty-seven dollars;
6. (6) Resident furbearer license, thirty-one dollars;
7. (7) Nonresident furbearer license, three hundred twenty-five dollars;
8. (8) Resident spring one-tag wild turkey license, twenty-two dollars;
9. (9) Resident spring two-tag wild turkey license, thirty-four dollars;
10. (10) Resident fall one-tag wild turkey license, fourteen dollars;
11. (11) Resident fall two-tag wild turkey license, nineteen dollars;
12. (12) Resident deer or antelope one-tag license, thirty-nine dollars;
13. (13) Resident deer or antelope two-tag license, fifty-four dollars;
14. (14) Resident antelope three-tag license, fifty-four dollars;
15. (15) Landowner-on-own-land elk, deer, or antelope license, one-half the fee of the elk, deer, or antelope license that has been applied for;
16. (16) Resident one-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, eighteen dollars;
17. (17) Resident two-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, thirty dollars;
18. (18) Resident three-tag any deer and two any antlerless deer license, fifty-four dollars;
19. (19) Resident three-tag three any antlerless deer license, thirty dollars;
20. (20) Resident three-tag any whitetail and two antlerless whitetail deer license, fifty-four dollars;
21. (21) Resident three-tag three antlerless whitetail deer license, thirty dollars;
22. (22) Resident three-tag doe-fawn antelope license, thirty dollars;

23. (23) Resident elk license:

    1. (a) Any elk or bull elk, one hundred eighty-nine dollars; and
    2. (b) Antlerless elk, one hundred twenty-one dollars;
24. (24) Resident landowner depredation elk, one-half the fee of the elk license that has been applied for;
25. (25) Resident mountain goat license, two hundred ninety-four dollars;
26. (26) Resident bighorn sheep license, two hundred ninety-four dollars;
27. (27) Canada goose special unit permit, fifteen dollars;

28. (28) Nonresident small game license:

    1. (a) Eighteen years of age and older, one hundred thirty-six dollars; and
    2. (b) Under eighteen years of age, ten dollars;
29. (29) Special nonresident waterfowl license, one hundred thirty-nine dollars;
30. (30) Fall three-consecutive days temporary nonresident waterfowl license, one hundred dollars;

31. (31) Temporary nonresident spring snow goose license:

    1. (a) Eighteen years of age and older, fifty-five dollars; and
    2. (b) Under eighteen years of age, fifteen dollars;
32. (32) Temporary nonresident early fall Canada goose license, forty-five dollars;
33. (33) Nonresident youth and mentored youth waterfowl season hunting license under eighteen years of age, five dollars;
34. (34) Nonresident spring one-tag wild turkey license, one hundred fifteen dollars;
35. (35) Nonresident spring two-tag wild turkey license, one hundred forty-five dollars;
36. (36) Nonresident fall one-tag wild turkey license, one hundred dollars;
37. (37) Nonresident fall two-tag wild turkey license, one hundred twenty-five dollars;
38. (38) Nonresident deer or antelope one-tag license, three hundred sixty-nine dollars;
39. (39) Nonresident deer or antelope two-tag license, four hundred nineteen dollars;
40. (40) Nonresident antelope three-tag license, four hundred nineteen dollars;
41. (41) Nonresident one-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, ninety-four dollars;
42. (42) Nonresident two-tag antlerless deer or doe-fawn antelope license, one hundred forty-four dollars;
43. (43) Nonresident three-tag doe-fawn antelope license, one hundred forty-four dollars;
44. (44) Nonresident three-tag any deer and two any antlerless deer license, four hundred nineteen dollars;
45. (45) Nonresident three-tag three any antlerless deer license, one hundred forty-four dollars;
46. (46) Nonresident three-tag any whitetail and two antlerless whitetail deer license, four hundred nineteen dollars;
47. (47) Nonresident three-tag three antlerless whitetail deer license, one hundred forty-four dollars;
48. (48) Nonresident predator license, forty-six dollars;

49. (49) Custer State Park elk license:

    1. (a) Custer State Park rifle any elk license, three hundred dollars;
    2. (b) Custer State Park early archery elk license, three hundred dollars;
    3. (c) Custer State Park late archery elk license, two hundred dollars; and
    4. (d) Custer State Park special antlerless elk license, two hundred dollars;

50. (50) Custer State Park deer license:

    1. (a) Custer State Park any deer license, one hundred fifty dollars;
    2. (b) Custer State Park one-tag any whitetail deer license, one hundred fifty dollars; and
    3. (c) Custer State Park one-tag muzzleloader whitetail antlerless deer license, twenty-five dollars;

51. (51) Custer State Park bison license:

    1. (a) Custer State Park trophy bull bison license, six thousand five hundred dollars;
    2. (b) Custer State Park nontrophy bull bison license, three thousand two hundred fifty dollars; and
    3. (c) Custer State Park cow bison license, one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars;
52. (52) Custer State Park bighorn sheep license, five hundred dollars;
53. (53) Custer State Park coyote license, ten dollars;

54. (54) Custer State Park antelope license:

    1. (a) Custer State Park any antelope license, one hundred fifty dollars; and
    2. (b) Custer State Park doe-fawn license, twenty-five dollars;

55. (55) Nonrefundable application fee:

    1. (a) Archery and rifle elk, ten dollars;
    2. (b) Mountain goat, ten dollars;
    3. (c) Bighorn sheep, ten dollars;
    4. (d) Resident hunt for habitat, ten dollars; and
    5. (e) Nonresident hunt for habitat, twenty dollars;
56. (56) Resident special any deer, any whitetail deer, or any antelope license, one hundred ninety-four dollars;
57. (57) Nonresident special any deer, any whitetail deer, or any antelope license, six hundred forty-four dollars;

58. (58) Youth deer license:

    1. (a) Resident, five dollars; and
    2. (b) Nonresident, ten dollars;

59. (59) Tundra swan permit:

    1. (a) Resident, fifteen dollars; and
    2. (b) Nonresident, thirty-four dollars;
60. (60) Migratory bird certification permit, five dollars;

61. (61) Nonresident shooting preserve license:

    1. (a) One-day, forty-four dollars;
    2. (b) Five-consecutive days, ninety dollars; and
    3. (c) Annual, one hundred forty dollars;
62. (62) Mountain lion license, twenty-four dollars;

63. (63) Mentored youth small game, deer, antelope, or turkey license:

    1. (a) Resident, five dollars; and
    2. (b) Nonresident, ten dollars;
64. (64) Resident apprentice hunter deer license, five dollars; and

65. (65) Any unit, other than elk, bighorn sheep, or mountain goat, for which no licenses have been allocated for the purpose of acquiring a preference point or any unit for which a preference point is awarded for an unsuccessful application for license:

    1. (a) Resident, five dollars; and
    2. (b) Nonresident, twenty dollars.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 10, effective August 7, 1975; 2 SDR 36, effective November 12, 1975; 3 SDR 13, effective August 25, 1976; 6 SDR 80, effective February 14, 1980; 7 SDR 48, effective November 25, 1980; 8 SDR 15, effective August 19, 1981; 8 SDR 31, effective September 30, 1981; 9 SDR 108, effective February 20, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 10 SDR 148, effective July 11, 1984; 11 SDR 80, effective December 16, 1984; 12 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1985; 12 SDR 22, effective August 21, 1985; 12 SDR 186, effective May 28, 1986; 13 SDR 9, effective August 3, 1986; 13 SDR 159, effective May 5, 1987; fees transferred from §§ 41:06:02:01.01 , 41:06:07:05 , 41:06:16:08 , and 41:08:01:10 , 14 SDR 4, effective July 22, 1987; 14 SDR 40, effective September 23, 1987; 14 SDR 57, effective October 21, 1987; 15 SDR 24, effective August 14, 1988; 15 SDR 50, effective October 6, 1988; 15 SDR 162, effective May 4, 1989; 15 SDR 210, effective July 10, 1989; 17 SDR 12, effective July 31, 1990; 17 SDR 23, effective August 16, 1990; 17 SDR 34, effective September 6, 1990, and January 1, 1991; 18 SDR 223, effective July 13, 1992; 19 SDR 207, effective July 14, 1993, and January 1, 1994; 20 SDR 204, effective June 7, 1994; 21 SDR 148, effective March 6, 1995; 21 SDR 207, effective June 5, 1995; 22 SDR 172, effective June 11, 1996; 23 SDR 38, effective September 26, 1996; 23 SDR 197, effective May 27, 1997; 24 SDR 156, effective May 17, 1998; 25 SDR 193, effective July 19, 1998; 25 SDR 43, adopted September 28, 1998, effective January 1, 1999; 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 27 SDR 126, effective June 6, 2001; 28 SDR 150, effective May 7, 2002; 28 SDR 178, effective July 1, 2002; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 30 SDR 21, effective August 25, 2003; 31 SDR 89, effective December 12, 2004; 31 SDR 165, effective May 10, 2005; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005; 32 SDR 45, effective September 20, 2005; 32 SDR 203, effective June 5, 2006; 33 SDR 1, effective July 18, 2006; 33 SDR 212, adopted May 15, 2007, effective January 1, 2008; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 34 SDR 297, effective June 4, 2008; 35 SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008; 36 SDR 21, effective August 18, 2009; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 37 SDR 112, effective December 8, 2010; 37 SDR 215, effective May 31, 2011; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 38 SDR 101, effective December 5, 2011; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012; 39 SDR 204, effective June 11, 2013; 40 SDR 113, effective December 16, 2013; 41 SDR 107, effective January 5, 2015; 42 SDR 14, effective August 10, 2015; 44 SDR 17, effective August 7, 2017; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018 ; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020 ; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020 ; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020 ; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021; 48 SDR 14, effective August 22, 2021; 48 SDR 132, effective July 5, 2022; 51 SDR 13, effective August 14, 2024; 51 SDR 53, effective November 1, 2024; 51 SDR 140, effective June 30, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-6-10 , 41-6-18.4 , 41-6-19.6 , 41-6-19.9 , 41-6-84 , 41-17-1.1 (9).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-6-10 , 41-6-10.1 , 41-6-18.4 , 41-6-19.1 , 41-6-19.6 , 41-6-19.9 , 41-6-84 , 41-17-1.1 .

Prior versions effective: 2024-11-01, 2024-08-14, 2022-07-05, 2021-08-22, 2021-06-29, 2020-10-06, 2020-09-15, 2020-04-29, 2019-06-24, 2018-06-25, 2017-08-07, 2015-08-10, 2015-01-05, 2013-12-16.