The following is a description of the open spring turkey hunting units:

1. (1) Unit BST-BH1: excluding Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and Jewel Cave National Monument, that portion of Lawrence County south of Interstate 90; that portion of Meade County west and south of Interstate 90; those portions of Pennington and Custer Counties west of State Highway 79; 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;
2. (2) Unit PST-01A: Minnehaha County;
3. (3) Unit PST-02A: that portion of Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River;
4. (4) Unit PST-06A: Brookings County;
5. (5) Unit PST-07A: Yankton County;
6. (6) Unit PST-08A: Davison and Hanson Counties; Unit PST-08A is open beginning on the second Saturday of April through April thirtieth;
7. (7) Unit PST-08B: Davison and Hanson Counties; Unit PST-08B is open beginning on May first through May thirty-first;
8. (8) Unit PST-10A: Aurora and Douglas Counties;
9. (9) Unit PST-11A: Bennett County;
10. (10) Unit PST-12A: Bon Homme County;
11. (11) Unit PST-13A: Brule and Buffalo Counties;
12. (12) Unit PST-15A: Butte County and that portion of Lawrence County north of Interstate 90;
13. (13) Unit PST-16A: Campbell and Walworth Counties;
14. (14) Unit PST-17A: Charles Mix County;
15. (15) Unit PST-19A: Clay County;
16. (16) Unit PST-20A: Corson County;
17. (17) Unit PST-21A: that portion of Custer County east of State Highway 79 and that portion of Pennington County south of Interstate 90 between State Highway 79 and the Cheyenne River;
18. (18) Unit PST-22A: Day and Codington Counties;
19. (19) Unit PST-23A: Deuel County;
20. (20) Unit PST-24A: Dewey and Ziebach Counties;
21. (21) Unit PST-27A: that portion of Fall River County not included in Unit BST-BH1;
22. (22) Unit PST-29A: Grant County;
23. (23) Unit PST-30A: Gregory County;
24. (24) Unit PST-31A: Haakon County;
25. (25) Unit PST-32A: Hamlin and Clark Counties;
26. (26) Unit PST-35A: Harding County;
27. (27) Unit PST-36A: Hughes County;
28. (28) Unit PST-37A: Hutchinson County;
29. (29) Unit PST-39A: Jackson County;
30. (30) Unit PST-40A: Beadle, Hand, and Jerauld Counties;
31. (31) Unit PST-41A: Jones County;
32. (32) Unit PST-44A: Lincoln County; Unit PST-44A is open beginning on the second Saturday of April through April thirtieth;
33. (33) Unit PST-44B: Lincoln County; Unit PST-44B is open beginning on May first through May thirty-first;
34. (34) Unit PST-45A: Lyman County;
35. (35) Unit PST-48A: Marshall County and Roberts County;
36. (36) Unit PST-49A: those portions of Meade County not included in Units BST-BH1 and PST-53A, and that portion of Pennington County north of Interstate 90, west of the Cheyenne River;
37. (37) Unit PST-50A: Mellette County;
38. (38) Unit PST-52A: Moody County;
39. (39) Unit PST-53A: Perkins County and that portion of Meade County north of U.S. Highway 212;
40. (40) Unit PST-56A: Sanborn County;
41. (41) Unit PST-58A: Stanley County;
42. (42) Unit PST-58B: that portion of Stanley County located at the Oahe Downstream Recreation Area to include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Land that is east and southeast of Powerhouse Road. This unit is bordered by the Missouri River to the east and the emergency spillway canal to the south. Unit PST-58B-is open beginning on the second Saturday of April through April thirtieth, but only to licensed persons who use a wheelchair;
43. (43) Unit PST-60A: Tripp County;
44. (44) Unit PST-61A: Turner County;
45. (45) Unit PST-62A: Union County;
46. (46) Unit PST-65A: Oglala Lakota County;
47. (47) Unit PST-67A: Todd County; and

48. (48) Unit AST-ST1: statewide for archery turkey, except in Custer State Park.

    Excluding that portion of Fall River County within Unit PST-27A, licensees in prairie units that utilize the Cheyenne or White Rivers as unit boundaries may hunt within one mile of either side of the river boundary, as well as in the remainder of the unit for which the license is issued.

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; 5 SDR 68, effective February 15, 1979; 6 SDR 94, effective March 26, 1980; 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; 12 SDR 151, effective March 16, 1986; 13 SDR 128, effective March 22, 1987; 14 SDR 114, effective March 9, 1988; 15 SDR 139, effective March 20, 1989; 16 SDR 148, effective March 21, 1990; 17 SDR 139, effective March 21, 1991; 18 SDR 144, effective March 15, 1992; 19 SDR 128, effective March 9, 1993; 20 SDR 150, effective March 23, 1994; 21 SDR 148, effective March 6, 1995; 22 SDR 111, effective March 7, 1996; 23 SDR 142, effective March 17, 1997; 24 SDR 107, effective February 26, 1998; 25 SDR 108, effective February 28, 1999; 26 SDR 117, effective March 16, 2000; 27 SDR 85, effective February 26, 2001; 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; 33 SDR 107, effective December 27, 2006; 34 SDR 199, effective January 28, 2008; 35 SDR 184, effective February 2, 2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 37 SDR 131, effective January 10, 2011; 38 SDR 116, effective January 10, 2012; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 39 SDR 120, effective January 9, 2013; 40 SDR 121, effective January 6, 2014; 41 SDR 107, effective January 5, 2015; SL 2012, ch 56, § 1, effective May 1, 2015; 42 SDR 97, effective January 5, 2016 ; 43 SDR 89, effective December 29, 2016 ; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018; 45 SDR 124, effective April 17, 2019 ; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020 ; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 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, 2021-12-08, 2020-10-06, 2019-04-17, 2018-12-31, 2016-12-29, 2016-01-05, 2015-05-01, 2015-01-05, 2014-01-06.