Serially numbered tags, supplied by the department, must be securely attached around the leg or neck of all harvested bird species that are listed on the preserve permittee's permit. All pen-reared and wild birds harvested on a preserve shall be tagged by the shooting preserve permittee, or the permittee's employees or agents, upon any of the following circumstances:

1. (1) Prior to leaving the preserve acreage;
2. (2) At the time the birds are cleaned or processed;
3. (3) Prior to the birds being placed in a cooling or freezing facility; or

4. (4) Prior to midnight of the day that the birds were harvested.

   The head, leg, or sufficient plumage must remain attached to the bird to identify the sex and species of the bird. The kill tag must remain attached to the bird while the bird is possessed, placed in public storage, transported, or shipped by anyone. However, the head, leg, and sufficient plumage may be detached from the bird and discarded if the bird is processed at a wildlife processing facility, if the bird is immediately packaged by a transparent vacuum-sealed or shrink-wrap packaging process, and if the kill tag is encased in the same package and clearly legible. The package shall contain only those individual bird parts associated with the original kill tag. No more than two birds may be enclosed in the same package. Except as provided in this section, the provisions of chapter 41:06:03 apply to the possession, processing, and transportation of game birds harvested on a preserve.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 12 SDR 170, effective April 28, 1986; 13 SDR 26, effective September 10, 1986; 16 SDR 148, effective March 21, 1990; 23 SDR 20, effective August 13, 1996; 32 SDR 55, effective October 17, 2005; 37 SDR 18, effective August 16, 2010; 38 SDR 8, effective August 3, 2011; 43 SDR 31, effective September 14, 2016.

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(10)(16).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(16) , 41-10-2 , 41-10-16.

Prior versions effective: 2011-08-03.