41:06:08:01. Pheasant
hunting season established -- Open units and dates. The pheasant hunting
season is open in the units and during the dates set out in this section. The
season is open from 12:00 noon central time to sunset each day to the Friday
preceding the fourth Saturday of October, inclusive. Beginning on the fourth
Saturday of October, the season is open from 10:00 a.m. central time to sunset
each day. The open dates and units are as follows:
(1) Unit 1: all counties in
the state except for those areas described in Unit 2 and Unit 3. The season in
Unit 1 is open beginning on the third Saturday of October and remains open to
the first Sunday of January, inclusive;
(2) Unit 2: Renzienhausen
Game Production Area, Renzienhausen State Game Bird Refuge including its
shooting and retrieval zones, Gerken State Game Bird Refuge, Sand Lake National
Wildlife Refuge in Brown County, and White Lake State Game Bird Refuge. The
season in Unit 2 is open beginning on the second Monday of December and remains
open to the first Sunday of January, inclusive.
Source:
1 SDR 26, effective September 11, 1974; 2 SDR 18, effective September 16, 1975;
3 SDR 22, effective September 23, 1976; 4 SDR 15, effective September 15, 1977;
5 SDR 19, effective September 14, 1978; 6 SDR 31, effective October 2, 1979; 7
SDR 31, effective October 8, 1980; 8 SDR 31, effective September 30, 1981; 8
SDR 170, effective June 20, 1982; 9 SDR 158, effective June 14, 1983; 10 SDR
76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 10 SDR 148, effective July 11, 1984; 11
SDR 172, effective June 27, 1985; 12 SDR 201, effective June 23, 1986; 14 SDR
4, effective July 22, 1987; 14 SDR 164, effective June 16, 1988; 15 SDR 193,
effective June 20, 1989; 18 SDR 4, effective July 18, 1991; 21 SDR 207, effective
June 5, 1995; 25 SDR 141, effective May 27, 1999; 26 SDR 162, effective June
14, 2000; 28 SDR 166, effective June 4, 2002; 30 SDR 171, effective May 11,
2004; 31 SDR 191, effective June 7, 2005; 32 SDR 203, effective June 5, 2006;
33 SDR 212, effective June 4, 2007; 34 SDR 297, effective June 4, 2008; 36 SDR
215, effective July 1, 2010.
General
Authority: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-11-5.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 41-2-18(2)(17), 41-11-5.
Cross-References:
Hunting license fees,
§ 41:06:02:03.
Basic or general hunting license
required, SDCL 41-6-11.
Combination licenses, SDCL 41-6-10.1.
Resident small game license and
pheasant restoration stamp, SDCL 41-6-16.
Nonresident small game license and
pheasant restoration stamp, SDCL 41-6-17.