Except as authorized by chapter 41-6 and this chapter, no person may set or operate any trap, hunt, catch, take, trap, or kill any fur-bearing animal. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0801; SL 1941, ch 121 ; SL 1947, ch 113 ; SL 1951, ch 125 ; SL 1955, ch 86 ; SL 1959, ch 122 ; SL 1959, ch 123 ; SL 1961, ch 122 ; SL 1976, ch 261 , § 2; SL 1991, ch 337 , § 50; SL 2012, ch 203 , § 1.