The following is a description of the open units and the maximum number and types of resident licenses available in each unit:

1. (1) Unit ERD-01A: Minnehaha County. The portion of Minnehaha County east of Interstate 29, south of Interstate 90, west of Minnehaha County Road 109, and north of the Lincoln County line is closed to firearms except for muzzleloading rifles and shotguns using slugs only;
2. (2) Unit ERD-03A: Brown County, excluding Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge;
3. (3) Unit ERD-04A: Beadle County;
4. (4) Unit ERD-05A: Codington County;
5. (5) Unit ERD-06A: Brookings County;
6. (6) Unit ERD-07A: Yankton County;
7. (7) Unit ERD-07B: The portion of Yankton County south of state Highway 50 and west of U.S. Highway 81;
8. (8) Unit ERD-08A: Davison County;
9. (9) Unit ERD-10A: Aurora County;
10. (10) Unit ERD-12A: Bon Homme County;
11. (11) Unit ERD-12B: the portion of Bon Homme County south of State Highway 50 and State Highway 52, and east of State Highway 37;
12. (12) Unit ERD-13A: Brule County, excluding the portion in Unit ERD-13L;
13. (13) Unit ERD-13L: limited to the Brule Bottoms Game Production Area and Corps of Engineers lands north of 240^th Street, including the Pease Game Production Area in southwest Buffalo County; and the Boyer Game Production Area and Corps of Engineers lands west of 342^nd Avenue, south of 255^th Street and Canyon Road, and south of a line extending from 256^th Street west to the Missouri River in Brule County. Since this unit is all public land, landowner preference does not apply;
14. (14) Unit ERD-14A: Buffalo County, excluding the Pease Game Production Area in Unit ERD-13L;
15. (15) Unit ERD-16A: Campbell County;
16. (16) Unit ERD-17A: Charles Mix County, excluding Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge;
17. (17) Unit ERD-18A: Clark County;
18. (18) Unit ERD-19A: Clay County;
19. (19) Unit ERD-22A: Day County, excluding Waubay National Wildlife Refuge;
20. (20) Unit ERD-23A: Deuel County;
21. (21) Unit ERD-25A: Douglas County;
22. (22) Unit ERD-26A: Edmunds County;
23. (23) Unit ERD-28A: Faulk County;
24. (24) Unit ERD-29A: Grant County;
25. (25) Unit ERD-32A: Hamlin County;
26. (26) Unit ERD-33A: Hand County;
27. (27) Unit ERD-34A: Hanson County;
28. (28) Unit ERD-36A: Hughes County, excluding Farm Island Recreation Area, LaFramboise Island Nature Area, and the strip of department land from the entrance to Farm Island west through the city of Pierre;
29. (29) Unit ERD-37A: Hutchinson County;
30. (30) Unit ERD-38A: Hyde County;
31. (31) Unit ERD-40A: Jerauld County;
32. (32) Unit ERD-42A: Kingsbury County;
33. (33) Unit ERD-43A: Lake County;
34. (34) Unit ERD-44A: Lincoln County, excluding Newton Hills State Park;
35. (35) Unit ERD-46A: McCook County;
36. (36) Unit ERD-47A: McPherson County;
37. (37) Unit ERD-48A: Marshall County;
38. (38) Unit ERD-51A: Miner County;
39. (39) Unit ERD-52A: Moody County;
40. (40) Unit ERD-54A: Potter County;
41. (41) Unit ERD-55A: Roberts County;
42. (42) Unit ERD-56A: Sanborn County;
43. (43) Unit ERD-57A: Spink County;
44. (44) Unit ERD-59A: the portion of Sully County west of U.S. Highway 83;
45. (45) Unit ERD-59B: the portion of Sully County east of U.S. Highway 83;
46. (46) Unit ERD-61A: Turner County;
47. (47) Unit ERD-62A: Union County; and
48. (48) Unit ERD-63A: Walworth County.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 78, effective June 19, 1975; 2 SDR 88, effective July 1, 1976; 3 SDR 87, effective June 26, 1977; 4 SDR 88, effective June 27, 1978; 5 SDR 6, effective August 3, 1978; 5 SDR 108, effective June 28, 1979; 6 SDR 129, effective July 13, 1980; 8 SDR 15, effective August 19, 1981; 9 SDR 14, effective August 8, 1982; 9 SDR 171, effective July 13, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 22, effective August 9, 1984; 12 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1985; 13 SDR 26, effective September 10, 1986; 14 SDR 40, effective September 23, 1987; 15 SDR 24, effective August 14, 1988; 16 SDR 32, effective August 20, 1989; 17 SDR 23, effective August 16, 1990; 18 SDR 33, effective August 19, 1991; 19 SDR 17, effective August 12, 1992; 20 SDR 13, effective August 8, 1993; 21 SDR 35, effective August 31, 1994; 22 SDR 28, effective September 4, 1995; 23 SDR 35, effective September 16, 1996; 24 SDR 23, effective August 31, 1997; 25 SDR 21, effective August 27, 1998; 26 SDR 21, effective August 23, 1999; 27 SDR 13, effective August 27, 2000; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 29 SDR 21, effective August 26, 2002; 30 SDR 21, effective August 25, 2003; 31 SDR 21, effective August 23, 2004; 32 SDR 31, effective August 29, 2005; 33 SDR 43, effective September 18, 2006; 34 SDR 49, effective August 22, 2007; 35 SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 36 SDR 170, effective May 11, 2010; 37 SDR 18, effective August 16, 2010; 38 SDR 40, effective September 21, 2011; 39 SDR 32, effective September 5, 2012; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013; 41 SDR 7, effective July 30, 2014; 42 SDR 14, effective August 10, 2015 ; 43 SDR 9, effective August 1, 2016 ; 44 SDR 17, effective August 7, 2017 ; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020 ; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18 (2)(17), 41-6-21 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18 (2)(17), 41-6-21 .

Prior versions effective: 2020-04-29, 2019-06-24, 2017-08-07, 2016-08-01, 2015-08-10, 2014-07-30, 2013-07-29.