It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a resident to hunt, take, or kill wild turkeys without a resident wild turkey license or in violation of the conditions of the license or the rules of the Game, Fish and Parks Commission. A resident wild turkey license permits the licensee to hunt wild turkey in the manner and to the extent provided in § 41-11-5.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0302 as added by SL 1953, ch 99 , § 3; SL 1957, ch 102 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 25.0302 (19); SL 1961, ch 116 , § 2; SL 1979, ch 278 , § 14; SL 1984, ch 29 , § 5H; SL 1984, ch 273 , § 52; SL 1991, ch 337 , § 21.