FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  authorize senior citizens to hunt deer using crossbows.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section 1.  That § 41-8-31 be amended to read as follows:
     41-8-31.   No person may at any time hunt, catch, take, attempt to take, or kill any small game or game animal in any other manner than by shooting the same with a firearm, except:

             (1)      Game birds and animals may be taken with birds trained in falconry or with bow and arrow;

             (2)      A disabled person who is missing an upper limb, physically incapable of using an upper limb, or confined to a wheelchair and who has obtained a disabled hunter permit may use a crossbow or other legal bow equipped with a draw-lock device to take game birds and animals; and

             (3)      A legally blind person, who is legally licensed, possesses a disabled hunter permit, and is physically present and participates in the hunt but cannot safely discharge a firearm or bow and arrow, may claim game birds and animals taken by a designated hunter in accordance with the license possessed by the legally blind hunter ; and

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             (4)    A person who is aged sixty-five or older and holds a resident or nonresident big game license that is valid for taking antlerless deer may use a crossbow or other legal bow equipped with a draw-lock device to take antlerless deer .

     A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.