The archery deer hunting season is open statewide from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day beginning September first through January first, except as otherwise provided in § 41:06:22:02.

Unlimited resident deer licenses may be issued for units ARD-ST1, ARD-ER1, and ARD-WR1 and unlimited resident and nonresident deer licenses may be issued for unit ARD-LM1.

Unlimited nonresident deer licenses valid on private land not leased by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks for public hunting may be issued for unit ARD-ST1.

Two thousand two hundred nonresident deer licenses may be issued for unit ARD-ST1, valid on public and private lands.

One thousand deer licenses may be issued for Units ARD-MP1, ARD-MP2, ARD-MP3, and ARD-MP4.

No more than one hundred deer access permits may be issued to residents for Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve.

No more than one hundred deer access permits may be issued to residents for Good Earth State Park.

No more than five hundred deer access permits may be issued to residents and no more than one hundred twenty-five deer access permits may be issued to nonresidents for unit WRD-35L described in § 41:06:20:02.

No more than twenty deer access permits may be issued to residents and no more than five deer access permits may be issued to nonresidents for Unit WRD-27L, described in § 41:06:20:02.

Cross-References:

Resident big game license--Privileges and fee--Violation as misdemeanor, SDCL 41-6-19.

Nonresident big game license--Privileges--Violation as misdemeanor, SDCL 41-6-20.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 78, effective June 19, 1975; 6 SDR 129, effective July 13, 1980; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 19 SDR 190, effective June 15, 1993; 20 SDR 204, effective June 7, 1994; 22 SDR 172, effective June 11, 1996; 24 SDR 156, effective May 17, 1998; 27 SDR 111, effective May 8, 2001; 28 SDR 166, effective June 4, 2002; 29 SDR 160, effective June 3, 2003; 30 SDR 171, effective May 11, 2004; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 37 SDR 215, effective May 31, 2011; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013 ; 43 SDR 9, effective August 1, 2016 ; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018; 45 SDR 9, effective July 30, 2018 ; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019; 46 SDR 11, effective July 29, 2019; 46 SDR 116, effective April 29, 2020 ; 46 SDR 147, effective July 2, 2020; 47 SDR 137, effective June 29, 2021; 48 SDR 132, effective July 5, 2022; 49 SDR 89, effective May 1, 2023; 51 SDR 140, effective June 30, 2025 .

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

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

Prior versions effective: 2023-05-01, 2022-07-05, 2021-06-29, 2020-07-02, 2020-04-29, 2019-06-29, 2019-06-24, 2018-07-30, 2018-06-25, 2016-08-01, 2013-07-29.