No big game animal taken in this state may be transported unless legally tagged, as required by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. The big game must be legally tagged at the time the big game animal is brought out to a road or into any hunting camp, dwelling, farmyard, or other place of abode of any kind, or before it is placed upon or in a vehicle of any kind. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0701 as added by SL 1949, ch 98 ; SL 1953, ch 111 ; SL 1959, ch 121 ; SL 1967, ch 89 , § 1; SL 1968, ch 102 , § 1; SL 1977, ch 190 , § 596; SL 1978, ch 158 , § 70; SL 2009, ch 206 , § 73; SL 2021, ch 187 , § 1.