A person may hunt by falconry in South Dakota only if the person has been issued a falconry permit by the person's state of residence and has obtained all state hunting licenses as required by the statutes and rules applicable to the species being hunted. Nonmigratory game birds and game animals may be hunted with raptors from September 1 through March 31. Migratory game birds may be hunted only in accordance with state and federal migratory game bird season regulations for not more than 107 days from September 1 through January 15. The daily bag limit is three and the possession limit is six of any game species in the aggregate. During the raptor hunting season, protected nongame birds and animals taken incidentally by a raptor may not be retained or possessed by a permittee. A permittee may not hunt by falconry and be in possession of a firearm, except a pistol, or be accompanied by a person carrying a firearm, except a pistol.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 3 SDR 51, effective January 26, 1977; 5 SDR 108, effective June 28, 1979; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; transferred from §§ 41:09:06:09 and 41:09:06:09.01, 12 SDR 92, effective December 4, 1985; 17 SDR 51, effective October 10, 1990; 24 SDR 107, effective February 26, 1998; 34 SDR 179, effective December 24, 2007; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020.

General Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(20).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(20) , 41-11-11.

Prior versions effective: 2007-12-24.