Goose hunting season, conservation order, and August management take established -- Shooting hours -- Exceptions -- Open units -- Closed areas.
Effective May 25, 202652 SDR 107Source: 1 SDR 26, effective September 11, 1974; 2 SDR 18, effective September 16, 1975; 3 SDR 22, effective September 23, 1976; 4 SDR 15, effective September 15, 1977; 5 SDR 19, effective September 14, 1978; 6 SDR 31, effective October 2, 1979; 7 SDR 31, effective October 8, 1980; 8 SDR 31, effective September 30, 1981; 9 SDR 37, effective September 28, 1982; 10 SDR 23, effective September 22, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 41, effective September 25, 1984; 12 SDR 50, effective October 1, 1985; 13 SDR 37, effective October 7, 1986; 14 SDR 57, effective October 21, 1987; 15 SDR 50, effective October 6, 1988; 16 SDR 44, effective September 13, 1989; 16 SDR 64, effective October 10, 1989; 17 SDR 51, effective October 10, 1990; 18 SDR 61, effective October 8, 1991; 19 SDR 48, effective October 7, 1992; 20 SDR 45, effective October 4, 1993; 21 SDR 56, effective September 29, 1994; 22 SDR 46, effective October 8, 1995; 23 SDR 38, effective September 26, 1996; 23 SDR 125, effective February 11, 1997; 24 SDR 44, effective October 14, 1997; 25 SDR 43, effective September 28, 1998; 25 SDR 108, effective February 28, 1999; 25 SDR 157, effective June 24, 1999; 26 SDR 41, effective September 28, 1999; 26 SDR 117, effective March 16, 2000; 26 SDR 174, effective July 4, 2000; 27 SDR 18, effective September 12, 2000; 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001; 28 SDR 44, effective October 3, 2001; 28 SDR 48, effective October 10, 2001; 29 SDR 29, effective September 8, 2002; 31 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2004; 31 SDR 115, effective February 14, 2005; 32 SDR 45, effective September 20, 2005; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006; 33 SDR 107, effective December 27, 2006; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 35 SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008; 35 SDR 184, effective February 2, 2009; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 36 SDR 112, January 11, 2010, 36 SDR 215, effective July 1, 2010; 37 SDR 18, effective August 16, 2010; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 39 SDR 33, effective September 5, 2012; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013; 40 SDR 29, effective August 20, 2013; 40 SDR 39, effective September 9, 2013; 41 SDR 7, effective July 30, 2014; 41 SDR 34, effective September 2, 2014; SL 2015, ch 56, § 1, effective May 1, 2015; 42 SDR 14, effective August 10, 2015; 42 SDR 31, effective September 8, 2015; 42 SDR 97, effective January 5, 2016; 42 SDR 146, effective May 5, 2016 ; 43 SDR 146, effective May 22, 2017 ; 44 SDR 151, effective April 30, 2018; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018 ; 47 SDR 110, effective April 29, 2021; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024; 51 SDR 123, effective May 26, 2025; 52 SDR 107, effective May 25, 2026 . | General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (17). | Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (17), 41-11-5 .
Goose hunting season, conservation order, and August management take established -- Shooting hours -- Exceptions -- Open units -- Closed areas. The light goose hunting season is open statewide for one hundred and five consecutive days beginning on the last Saturday of September. A conservation order is open statewide from the day after Unit 2 dark goose season ends to May fifteenth. Only light geese, as defined in § 41:06:16:06.01, may be taken during a conservation order.
- (1) Unit 1: the counties of Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Butte, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Davison, Day, Deuel, Douglas, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hutchinson, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, McPherson, Marshall, Meade, Mellette, Moody, Miner, Oglala Lakota, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Todd, Turner, Walworth, and Ziebach; that portion of Dewey County north of Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 8, Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 9, and the section of U.S. Highway 212 east of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 8 junction; that portion of Potter County east of U.S. Highway 83; that portion of Sully County east of U.S. Highway 83; portions of Hyde, Buffalo, Brule, Charles Mix, and Bon Homme counties north and east of a line beginning at the Hughes-Hyde county line on State Highway 34, then running east to Lees Boulevard, then southeast to the State Highway 34, then east seven miles to 350th Avenue, south to Interstate 90 on 350th Avenue, then south and east on State Highway 50 to Geddes, east on 285th Street to U.S. Highway 281, and then north on U.S. Highway 281 to the Charles Mix-Douglas county boundary; the portion of Bon Homme County north of State Highway 50, the portions of Yankton and Clay counties north of a line beginning on County Highway 585 (306th Street), then running to U.S. Highway 81, then north on U.S. Highway 81 to 303rd Street, then east on 303rd Street to 444th Avenue, then south on 444th Avenue to 305th Street, then east on Bluff Road (305th Street) to County Highway 19, then south to State Highway 50, and then east to the Clay/Union County line; the portion of Perkins County west of State Highway 75 and south of State Highway 20; that portion of Lincoln County west of State Highway 17 and south of County Highway 116 (KlondikeRoad); and the portion of Minnehaha County north of a line beginning at the junction of the South Dakota-Minnesota state line and County Highway 122 (254th Street) then running west to its junction with County Highway 149 (464th Avenue), the portion west of County Highway 149 (464th Avenue) to Hartford, the portion west of County Highway 151 (463rd Avenue) to State Highway 42, the portion south of State Highway 42 to State Highway 17, and the portion west of State Highway 17 to the Minnehaha-Lincoln county boundary. The season is open for one hundred and seven consecutive days, less the number of days set aside for the early fall Canada goose season established in chapter 41:06:50; and
(2) Unit 2: those portions of the state not described in Unit 1. The season is open for one hundred and five consecutive days preceding and including the Sunday closest to February fifteenth.
Except for the light goose conservation order, shooting hours for geese are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily. The shooting hours for the light goose conservation order are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset daily.
As used in this article, a conservation order is as described in 50 C.F.R. § 21.180 (February 7, 2022).
Additionally, an August Management Take for Canada geese is open to South Dakota residents beginning on the third Saturday of August through August thirty-first in Meade County south of South Dakota Highway 34, Pennington County west of the Cheyenne River, and the counties of Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Hamlin, Grant, Marshall, and Roberts.
The white-fronted goose season is open statewide for seventy-four consecutive days beginning on the last Saturday of September.
The dark goose season is open statewide as provided for in this section:
Source: 1 SDR 26, effective September 11, 1974; 2 SDR 18, effective September 16, 1975; 3 SDR 22, effective September 23, 1976; 4 SDR 15, effective September 15, 1977; 5 SDR 19, effective September 14, 1978; 6 SDR 31, effective October 2, 1979; 7 SDR 31, effective October 8, 1980; 8 SDR 31, effective September 30, 1981; 9 SDR 37, effective September 28, 1982; 10 SDR 23, effective September 22, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 41, effective September 25, 1984; 12 SDR 50, effective October 1, 1985; 13 SDR 37, effective October 7, 1986; 14 SDR 57, effective October 21, 1987; 15 SDR 50, effective October 6, 1988; 16 SDR 44, effective September 13, 1989; 16 SDR 64, effective October 10, 1989; 17 SDR 51, effective October 10, 1990; 18 SDR 61, effective October 8, 1991; 19 SDR 48, effective October 7, 1992; 20 SDR 45, effective October 4, 1993; 21 SDR 56, effective September 29, 1994; 22 SDR 46, effective October 8, 1995; 23 SDR 38, effective September 26, 1996; 23 SDR 125, effective February 11, 1997; 24 SDR 44, effective October 14, 1997; 25 SDR 43, effective September 28, 1998; 25 SDR 108, effective February 28, 1999; 25 SDR 157, effective June 24, 1999; 26 SDR 41, effective September 28, 1999; 26 SDR 117, effective March 16, 2000; 26 SDR 174, effective July 4, 2000; 27 SDR 18, effective September 12, 2000; 27 SDR 101, effective April 18, 2001; 28 SDR 44, effective October 3, 2001; 28 SDR 48, effective October 10, 2001; 29 SDR 29, effective September 8, 2002; 31 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2004; 31 SDR 115, effective February 14, 2005; 32 SDR 45, effective September 20, 2005; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006; 33 SDR 107, effective December 27, 2006; 34 SDR 67, effective September 10, 2007; 35 SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008; 35 SDR 184, effective February 2, 2009; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 36 SDR 112, January 11, 2010, 36 SDR 215, effective July 1, 2010; 37 SDR 18, effective August 16, 2010; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 39 SDR 10, effective August 1, 2012; 39 SDR 33, effective September 5, 2012; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013; 40 SDR 29, effective August 20, 2013; 40 SDR 39, effective September 9, 2013; 41 SDR 7, effective July 30, 2014; 41 SDR 34, effective September 2, 2014; SL 2015, ch 56, § 1, effective May 1, 2015; 42 SDR 14, effective August 10, 2015; 42 SDR 31, effective September 8, 2015; 42 SDR 97, effective January 5, 2016; 42 SDR 146, effective May 5, 2016 ; 43 SDR 146, effective May 22, 2017 ; 44 SDR 151, effective April 30, 2018; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018 ; 47 SDR 110, effective April 29, 2021; 50 SDR 129, effective May 15, 2024; 51 SDR 123, effective May 26, 2025; 52 SDR 107, effective May 25, 2026 .
General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (17).
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (17), 41-11-5 .
Prior versions effective: 2025-05-26, 2024-05-15, 2021-04-29, 2018-12-31, 2018-04-30, 2017-05-22, 2016-05-05, 2016-01-05, 2015-09-08, 2015-08-10, 2015-05-01, 2014-07-30, 2013-09-09.