Spring wild turkey hunting seasons established -- Number and type of licenses available. The spring prairie wild turkey hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset each day from the second Saturday of April through May thirty-first. The spring Black Hills wild turkey hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset each day from the fourth Saturday of April through May thirty-first. The spring archery wild turkey hunting season is open from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset each day during the open dates of the prairie and Black Hills seasons, respectively. The number of one-tag male turkey licenses issued is unlimited for residents and nonresidents in the archery spring turkey hunting season. The number of one-tag male turkey licenses issued in the Black Hills turkey hunting season to residents is unlimited. No more than two thousand two hundred twenty-five one-tag male turkey licenses in the Black Hills turkey hunting season may be issued to nonresidents. No more than ten thousand one-tag male turkey and two thousand five hundred two-tag male turkey licenses may be issued to residents for the prairie spring turkey hunting season.

Cross-References:

Resident wild turkey license--Privileges--Violation as misdemeanor, SDCL 41-6-27.

Nonresident wild turkey license--Privileges--Violation as misdemeanor, SDCL 41-6-28.

Source: 1 SDR 60, effective February 26, 1975; 2 SDR 62, effective March 23, 1976; 3 SDR 67, effective April 3, 1977; 4 SDR 57, effective March 16, 1978; 7 SDR 92, effective March 22, 1981; 8 SDR 102, effective March 4, 1982; 9 SDR 108, effective February 20, 1983; 10 SDR 85, effective February 16, 1984; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 110, effective February 21, 1985; 13 SDR 128, effective March 22, 1987; 14 SDR 114, effective March 9, 1988; 16 SDR 148, effective March 21, 1990; 18 SDR 144, effective March 15, 1992; 26 SDR 117, effective March 16, 2000; 28 SDR 129, effective March 18, 2002; 29 SDR 147, effective May 6, 2003; 30 SDR 147, effective April 4, 2004; 31 SDR 115, effective February 14, 2005; 34 SDR 199, effective January 28, 2008; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 37 SDR 131, effective January 10, 2011 ; 43 SDR 89, effective December 29, 2016 ; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018 ; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020 ; 49 SDR 46, effective November 21, 2022; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024 .

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

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 , 41-11-5 .

Prior versions effective: 2022-11-21, 2020-10-06, 2020-04-29, 2018-12-31, 2016-12-29, 2011-01-10.