The Game, Fish and Parks Commission may establish a season on any fowl specified in § 41-11-4 throughout all or any portion of the state and provide the extent of the season by rules adopted pursuant to § 41-2-18. The commission may close or curtail open season once it has been opened as provided in this section.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0501; SL 1941, ch 110 ; SL 1943, ch 95 ; SL 1949, ch 95 ; SL 1951, ch 122 ; SL 1953, ch 109 ; SL 1959, ch 117 , § 2; SL 1973, ch 264 , § 4; SL 1979, ch 284 , § 1; SL 1984, ch 273 , § 80.